《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪五十七》
今天我们如果进行抗拒，就更显得名不正而言不顺。况且将军可以抵抗曹操的，是依靠长江天险。
且将军大势可以拒操者，长江也。
If we resist today, we will be even more unjustified. Besides, what the general can rely on to resist Cao Cao is the natural danger of the Yangtze River.