《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪八》
而且，冀州以北老百姓的生活尚比较富裕，加上这时正是麦子已经成熟的季节，借敌人的物资供应我们是轻而易举的事。
冀州以北，民人尚丰，兼麦已向熟，因资为易，向义之徒，必应响赴。
Moreover, the lives of the people north of Jizhou are still comparatively well off, plus this is precisely the season when the wheat has ripened, to borrow the provisions of the enemy is an easy thing for us.