《新五代史·世家·吴世家第一》
天佑二年，派刘存进攻鄂州，焚毁州城，城中士兵突围出城，将领们请求猛打他们，刘存说： 攻打他们又会躲进城，那城就更加坚固，任他们离去，城就可以攻取。 
天祐二年，遣刘存攻鄂州，焚其城，城中兵突围而出，诸将请急击之，存曰： 击之复入，则城愈固，听其去，城可取也。 
In the second year of Tianyou, he dispatched Liu Cun to attack Ezhou. He burned down the state city. The soldiers in the city broke out of the city, and the generals asked to attack them vigorously. Liu Cun said: Attacking them will make them hide in the city again, and the city will become even stronger. Let them go, and the city can be captured.