《后汉书·本纪·光武帝纪上》
光武便派邓禹带领六路副将率兵西进，以利用更始帝与赤眉战乱的时机。
光武乃遣邓禹率六裨将引兵而西，以更始、赤眉之乱。
Guangwu dispatched Deng Yu to lead six assistant generals and led his troops to the west, in order to take advantage of the time when Emperor Gengshi and the Red Eyebrows were fighting.