The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"How many shells are left?"

In the west of the city, in a deserted and empty courtyard, more than twenty rusty copper cannons were placed on the ground.

Lu Guinian asked with his clothes rolled up and a dusty face.

The rumbling sound of artillery drowned out his voice.

He asked again with a grin, almost shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Not many, maybe a hundred or eighty!"

An old soldier, who was frail and had almost lost all his teeth, answered with a chuckle.

"How is that possible? Curry has a lot!" Lu Guinian didn't believe it.

The old soldier curled his lips and said, "None of them are usable. They are so old that they will either explode or fall off mid-flight. What a disaster!"

Lu Guinian's face turned grim: "Tell them to move them out for backup! Even if there is more trouble, it's better than nothing!"

"Ah!" the old soldier groaned, calling for someone to go to the warehouse to move the cannons. "I'll do as you say. You'll be the one to take the brunt of the trouble. You're just a small civil servant, who knows if you can handle it..."

This is one of the old courtyards of the Ministry of War's Arsenal, almost forgotten.

When Taizu established the country, he used cannons and muskets. Later, the weapons were stored in the warehouse and the horses were released into the mountains. The court was short of money and did not want to waste money on unnecessary military equipment. In addition, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, an expert calculated that the fortune of Daliang was metal, and fire overcomes metal, so it was not suitable to develop firearms.

Due to many reasons, the Firearms Camp gradually fell into disrepair.

In the end, only a group of old soldiers guarding the warehouse were left. They couldn't get their salaries, so they just lived a mediocre life.

In order to resolve the rebellion in Jiangnan, Lu Guinian has long been eyeing the Firearm Battalion and is preparing to find an opportunity to make suggestions in the near future to restore firearms in order to quickly quell the rebellion.

As a result, before he found the opportunity, something happened in the capital.

When the Tartar soldiers entered the city, Lu Guinian immediately brought his men here and urged the soldiers to fire their cannons.

Of the fifty or so soldiers guarding the depot, only two or three of the most decrepit veterans knew how to fire cannonballs. The others learned on the spot, tinkering for nearly half an hour before they finally fired the first batch of shells.

"Go on! Let it go!"

Lu Guinian raised the command flag and waved it down fiercely.

Rumble!

One shell after another flew into the sky, roaring as it rushed towards the enemy camp.

Lu Guinian's face was full of desperate ruthlessness.

Even if half of these guns are broken, we still have to fire them.

Even if he would be punished for executing first and reporting later, he must be beaten.

When it comes to life and death, just fight!

At this time, he did not know that he would be promoted because of this, nor did he know that these whistling shells brought hope of life to so many people.

Under General Li’s flag, the soldiers who saw hope again were excited.

In the smoke outside the city, Fei Wan and a few others escaped.

The Tartar soldiers who were rampant in the palace received an urgent retreat order and hurriedly fled with their property.

Just as Concubine Qing was forced to walk out of Fengyi Palace, the Tartars escorting her suddenly ran away and no one cared about her anymore.

She hurriedly took her maid back to Fengyi Palace and was shocked to see the empress dowager's phoenix sedan chair running towards her at the end of the palace road. The eunuchs carrying the sedan chair were panting and were bumped by the passing Tartar soldiers. The sedan chair almost overturned several times.

"Stop her!"

Concubine Qing pointed at the approaching phoenix sedan chair and used foreign words to order the Tartar soldiers in Fengyi Palace who had not yet had time to leave.

These people all believed in the goddess. Before retreating, they obediently rushed out and knocked over the Queen Mother's phoenix sedan chair.

Before, they had a cooperative relationship with the Queen Mother, and could not oppose her without the King's order. But now that the troops had withdrawn, they had no relationship with each other, so they naturally obeyed the orders of the divine messenger.

"The Queen Mother!"

Shixiang and Zheng Zhuyi hurried to help the fallen empress dowager.

The Queen Mother fell to the ground and almost fainted.

Several Tartar soldiers saluted Concubine Qing, hurriedly joined the retreating team and ran away.

The Queen Mother was surrounded by a team of imperial guards to protect her.

Seeing this, he smiled maliciously, and when he recovered his breath, he immediately ordered: "Kill all these concubines who intend to murder me!"

Several imperial guards drew their swords and stepped forward.

Concubine Qing stood at the door, not dodging or evading, but squatting down and bowing, smiling comfortably.

"Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome you back. Long live Your Majesty!"

A group of people came out from a small path in front of Fengyi Palace, which was covered with flowers and trees.

The imperial guards, fully armored, equipped with swords and guns, with arrows on strings and crossbows ready to be fired, guarded the emperor who was dressed in dark purple uniform.

With a faint smile on his lips, the emperor's steps were slow and calm, but he exuded a fierce murderous aura.

Tartar soldiers hurried past one after another on the palace road, but no one rushed forward to fight, they were all busy running away. Of course, even if they dared to attack, the large number of guards around the emperor would not be vegetarians.

There was a rumble of artillery fire in the distance.

The emperor and the empress dowager stared at each other quietly from a distance of several feet.

"Empress Dowager, you have worked hard." The emperor spoke first, gently raising his hand, "Now, it is my turn to fulfill my filial duties."

The guards around him pounced on him like wolves and tigers.

In the blink of an eye, he started fighting with the guards around the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, don't be too happy too soon. I haven't lost yet!"

The Queen Mother didn't even sit in the phoenix chariot, but turned around and ran away.

"Empress Dowager, wait for me!" Nanny Shixiang chased after her in panic, followed by Zheng Zhuyi and others.

Zhishu ran faster than anyone else, and was shoulder to shoulder with the empress dowager in just two or three steps.

Suddenly she bent down and pulled out a dagger from under her skirt.

Stab the Queen Mother hard in the chest!

"You...!" The Queen Mother fell down in shock.

I looked at Zhishu in disbelief, and suddenly understood everything.

How dare this bitch lie to her!

Zhishu pressed down the empress dowager and fell to the ground together.

"Old woman, you asked me to fake a pregnancy, I know everything."

She moved her lips slightly and spoke in a very low voice.

He pulled out the dagger, raised it and stabbed again, without a trace of hesitation in his eyes.