《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪十三》
庚子，刘胡亲自率领水陆联合的二十六支军队，前来攻击钱溪，张兴世的将士打算迎战，张兴世不允许，说： 贼寇离我们还远，气势旺盛，打起仗来，箭如雨下。然而气太盛，容易衰弱，箭太多，容易枯竭，不如等待。 
庚子，刘胡自将水步二十六军来攻钱溪。将士欲迎击据之，兴世禁之曰： 贼来尚远，气盛而矢骤；骤既易尽，盛亦易衰，不如待之。 
On Gengzi, Liu Hu personally led twenty-six combined army and navy units to come to attack Qianxi Harbor; Zhang Xingse's generals intended to confront them, but Zhang Xingse disagreed, saying, "The bandits are still far from us, and their force is flourishing; if we fight, arrows will come down like rain. However, qi that is too flourishing can easily wane, and weapons that are too numerous can easily be exhausted. It is better to wait."