In May of the fourth year of Jianwen, King Yan sent troops to Sizhou and besieged the city with 100,000 troops. Zhou Jingchu, the city guard, knew he was outmatched, let alone expecting the court to send reinforcements, so he simply opened the city gates and surrendered.
All the officials in Sizhou surrendered. Those who refused to surrender had to either find a rope to break, or flee south before King Yan entered the city.
Zhou Jingchu was quite kind, and he turned a blind eye and let these people out of the city because of their friendship with his colleagues.
King Yan outside the city did not send troops to pursue him, and just ran away. It didn't matter even if he ran to report to the court. Zhu Yunwen still had a few cards in his hand, and he knew it clearly.
Unless a stone falls from the sky and kills Zhu Di, it is basically impossible for Emperor Jianwen to make a comeback at this point in the war.
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