《元史·列传·卷二十九》
这时，起义军有十万，官军只有三千余人。答失八都鲁用宋廷杰之计，招募襄阳逃避战乱的官吏及土豪，得兵丁二万，编组为伍。
时贼十万，官军止三千余，遂用宋廷杰计，招募襄阳官吏及土豪避兵者，得义丁二万，编排部伍，申其约束。
At this time, the rebel army numbered one hundred thousand, while the imperial army numbered only three thousand. Dashid Batu used the plan of Song Tingjie, recruiting officials and local tyrants who had fled from Xiangyang to avoid the war and organizing them into a force of twenty thousand soldiers, forming them into military units.