《北史·列传·卷六十七》
炀帝因王世充有将帅的才能和谋略，才开始派遣他统领军队，讨伐各处小伙盗贼，所向必胜。
帝以世充有将帅才略，始遣领兵，讨诸小盗，所向破之。
Because Wang Shichong had the talent and strategy of a general, Emperor Yang began to send him to lead troops to quell small groups of thieves everywhere, and he was victorious wherever he went.