《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪三十七》
有人议论说，应该分出兵力去把守各个交通要道，刘裕说： 敌人兵多，我们兵少，如果分开兵力据守各地，就容易把我们的虚实暴露给敌人，况且一旦一个地方失利，就会使全体军队的士气受到打击。
议者谓宜分兵守诸津要，裕曰： 贼众我寡，若分兵屯守，则测人虚实；且一处失利，则沮三军之心。
Some of his generals suggested that they should dispatch troops to garrison key crossings along the routes that the enemy troops might take, but General Liu Yu replied, "The rebels far outnumber us and if we were to divide our forces between different garrison points, our weakness would soon be discovered by the enemy and in the event of an enemy attack, panic could easily spread throughout the whole army.