《明史·列传·卷一百八十一》
义军攻入南门，正在此时总督杨文岳援军赶到，义军只得退走。文岳走后，义军再攻城，守军粮尽援绝，毓初题诗于城楼，自缢而死。
贼徵之不出，胁以死，镌其背曰： 誓不从贼 ，遂呕血而死。
The rebel army charged into the south gate and it was at this moment that reinforcements from Governor-General Yang Wen Yue arrived, and the rebel army was only able to retreat. After Wen Yue left, the rebel army attacked the city again. The defending army ran out of food and reinforcements were cut off; Yu Chu wrote a poem on the city tower and hanged himself.