《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪二》
我现在如果回去，必定要被杀了，不如攻陷桃林县，取了县里的军队、粮食，向北渡过黄河。
吾今若还，无复生理，不若破桃林县，收其兵粮，北走渡河。
If I return now, I will certainly be killed. It would be better for me to capture Taolin County, seize the troops and grain, and cross the Yellow River north.