《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪七》
他们渡过淮河时，老百姓大多都躲了起来，他们打家劫掠时没有得到什么东西，致使人马处于饥饿困乏中，听说盱眙有存粮，就打算把盱眙的粮食作为回国的财资用。
及过淮，民多窜匿，抄掠无所得，人马饥乏；闻盱眙有积粟，欲以为北归之资。
When they crossed the Huai River, most of the people hid, and they didn't get anything when they robbed the houses, resulting in the fatigue and hunger of the people and horses. Hearing that there was grain in Xuyi, they planned to use the grain in Xuyi as their financial resources for their return home.