《资治通鉴·齐纪·齐纪一》
果然，北魏军队象蚁群般地趋附并攻打小城，垣崇祖头戴白色的纱帽，乘着轿子，登上城来。到了黄昏时分，垣崇祖命令决开堤坝，放水冲灌，北魏攻城的军队全都被冲进沟堑，淹死的人员马匹数以千计。
魏人果蚁附攻小城，崇祖著白纱帽，肩舆上城，晡时，决堰下水；魏攻城之众漂坠堑中，人马溺死以千数。
As expected, the Northern Wei army swarmed in like ants and attacked the small city. Yuan Chongzu wore a white gauze hat and rode in a sedan chair up to the city. At dusk, Yuan Chongzu ordered the opening of the dike and the flooding of the water. The Northern Wei army that attacked the city was all washed into the moat, and thousands of people and horses were drowned.