《魏书·列传·卷七》
萧衍派遣将军侵犯肥梁，韶令元英为使持节，加授散骑常侍，征南将军、都督扬徐二道诸军事，率领部队十万人讨伐他们，各处都依照实际需要自行决断。
萧衍遣将军寇肥梁，诏英使持节，加散骑常侍，征南将军、都督扬徐二道诸军事，率众十万讨之，所在皆以便宜从事。
Xiao Yan sent generals to invade Feiliang, and the edict made Yuan Ying a shizhijie general, adding to him the title of Sanqi Changshi, General of the South, Governor-General of Yangxu Erdao Affairs, leading one hundred thousand soldiers to fight them. Each place decided on its own action based on the actual needs.