《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪九》
在离蓟州一百余里的地方，正遇上贼将陈周的一万余骑兵和步兵，侯渊潜伏下来从背后出击，大破崐陈周的人马，俘获五千余人。
去蓟百馀里，值贼帅陈周马步万馀，渊潜伏以乘其背，大破之，虏其卒五千馀人。
At a place more than one hundred li (50 km) from Jizhou, he encountered more than ten thousand of the bandit leader Chen Zhou’s horsemen and foot soldiers. Hou Yuan hid in ambush and attacked them from behind, greatly defeating Chen Zhou’s forces and capturing more than five thousand men.