《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪五十七》
如今，将军如能命令猛将统领数万大军，与刘备齐心协力，一定能打败曹军。
今将军诚能命猛将统兵数万，与豫州协规同力，破操军必矣。
Now, if Sir, you will but appoint a great general to command that picked force of twenty thousand men, and let them make common cause with Liu Bei, there is no doubt that Cao Cao can be defeated.