《资治通鉴·后汉纪·后汉纪四》
郭威取出滑州仓库的财物来慰劳将士，并且告诉他们说： 听说侯令公已经督率各军从南面而来，如今遇上他们，交战就违背进京入朝的本意，不战就被他们所屠杀。
郭威取滑州库物以劳将士，且谕之曰： 闻侯令公已督诸军自南来，今遇之，交战则非入朝之义，不战则为其所属。
Guo Wei took out the wealth in the Huazhou warehouse to reward the generals and soldiers, and told them: I heard that Hou Linggong had already led the armies to come from the south, and if we meet them now, fighting will go against our intentions when we go to the capital, but if we don’t fight, we will be slaughtered by them.