《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪五十七》
现在咱们据实计算一下，曹操所率领的中原部队不过十五六万人，而且长期征战，早已疲惫；新接收的刘表的部队，至多有七八万人，仍然心怀猜疑。
今以实校之：彼所将中国人不过十五六万，且已久疲；所得表众亦极七八万耳，尚怀狐疑。
"Let's calculate now, Cao Cao's Central Plain forces number only one hundred and fifty to sixty thousand, and they are already exhausted from long-term fighting. The newly recruited Liu Biao's forces total at most seventy to eighty thousand, and they are still suspicious."