《汉书·纪·高帝纪上》
项羽闻讯，另派一大将击齐，自领精兵三万人从鲁经胡陵，到萧县，凌晨攻击汉军，大战于彭城灵壁之东的睢水之滨，大败汉军，对汉军大肆屠戮，尸塞睢水水不流。
羽闻之，令其将击齐，而自以精兵三万人从鲁出胡陵，至萧、晨击汉军，大战彭城灵壁东睢水上，大破汉军，多杀士卒，睢水为之不流。
Upon hearing the news, Xiang Yu dispatched another great general to attack Qi, then personally led an elite force of 30,000 soldiers from Lu via Huling to Xiao County, and attacked the Han army at dawn. A fierce battle took place to the east of Lingbi in Pengcheng by the Sui River, where the Han army was utterly defeated and slaughtered relentlessly by the Chu army. The river was blocked by corpses, and the water could not flow.