《资治通鉴·后梁纪·后梁纪五》
到了河中间，晋军击鼓呐喊，继续前进，谢彦章顶不住，又退回河岸，晋军乘胜追击，后梁军大败，死伤的士卒不可胜数，黄河水都染成红色，谢彦章只身逃去，免于一死。
及中流，鼓噪复进，彦章不能支，稍退登岸。晋兵因而乘之，梁兵大败，死伤不可胜纪，河水为之赤，彦章仅以身免。
When they arrived in the middle of the river, the Jin Army beat war drums and shouted, continuing the advance, Xie Yan Zhang could not hold on, and retreated to the river bank, the Jin Army pursued hotly after them and the Later Liang army was defeated, the dead and wounded soldiers were innumerable, and the water in the Yellow River was dyed red, Xie Yan Zhang fled alone, narrowly escaping death.