《汉书·传·韩彭英卢吴传》
陈胜起兵时，黥布就去会见番县令吴芮，逭时：魉已有兵众数千人。
陈胜之起也，布乃见番君，其众数千人。
When Chen Sheng launched an uprising, Ying Bu went to meet Wu Rui, the magistrate of Fanxian. At that time, he already had an army of several thousand people.