《宋书·列传·卷八十七》
况且南方叛军刚行动时，连结十六州人马，拥有百万大兵，从二月以来，每战必败，被摧败消灭的十有七八。
且南方初起，连州十六，拥徒百万，仲春以来，无战不北，摧陷殄灭，十无一二。
Moreover, when the southern rebels first began their campaign, they united the forces of sixteen prefectures, and had an army of a million. Since February, in every battle they have lost, and many tens of thousands of them have been defeated and annihilated.