《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪十一》
霍去病十八岁时当了侍中，精通骑马、射箭之术。在第二次随卫青出击匈奴时，霍去病身为票姚校尉，率领八百名轻骑勇士，一直把大军抛弃到数百里之后去寻找战机，其斩杀和俘获的匈奴人数超过己方的损失。
去病年十八，为侍中，善骑射，再从大将军击匈奴，为票姚校尉，与轻骑勇八百，直弃大军数百里赴利，斩捕首虏过当。
When Huo Qubing was eighteen years old, he became an imperial attendant and became proficient on horseback and in archery. The second time that he accompanied Wei Qing on an expedition against the Huns, Huo Qubing, in his capacity as Commander of the Ticket Post, led eight hundred light cavalry warriors and galloped hundreds of miles ahead of the main army in search of an opportunity to engage the enemy. The number of Huns that he killed and captured exceeded his own losses.