《资治通鉴·后周纪·后周纪三》
后周世宗下诏任命武平节度使兼中书令王逵为南面行营都统，让他进攻南唐的鄂州。
诏以武平节度使兼中书令王逵为南面行营都统，使攻唐之鄂州。
Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty issued an imperial decree appointing Wang Kui, the military governor of Wuping and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, as the commander-in-chief of the southern expeditionary force, and ordered him to attack Ezhou of the Southern Tang Dynasty.