In addition to war horses, the Navy also seized a large number of merchant ships, a total of 38. The average carrying capacity of each merchant ship is about 3,000 stones (about 150 tons). All of them are more than 100,000 stones (about 5,000 tons). In other words, if all the merchant ships are dispatched, more than 100,000 stones (about 5,000 tons) of goods can be transported at one time.

Although these merchant ships are a bit old, they can still sail, especially near-shore navigation. They can transport construction materials from Mawan, such as cement to Weihaiwei, and build Weihaiwei Military Port. According to Zhang Zhun, the construction scale of Weihaiwei Military Port is larger than that of Mawan Military Port.

"After you go back, you will be sent to Yang Guohua and Zhou Zhengyu to capture the Imperial City Island as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

"clear!"

Chen Zhouwei answered excitedly.

Capturing the Imperial City Island is equivalent to the navy having an additional stronghold between Dengzhou City and Liaodong, which can more effectively intercept the Tartar merchant ships from Dengzhou City and Liaodong. As the Hu Ben Army's naval power continues to strengthen around the Imperial City Island, it is impossible for the Tartars to secretly move south. In other words, the Tartars in Dengzhou City were completely blocked.

Zhang Zhun's original idea was to use Dengzhou City to continuously consume the strength of the Tartars and attract more Tartars. The more Tartars were eliminated in Dengzhou City, the smaller the resistance they encountered when they marched into Liaodong in the future. But now it seems that this plan may not be realized. Because the loss of troops caused to the Tartars in the Battle of Huangxian was too great.

According to statistics on cleaning the battlefield, the number of Tartars around Huangxian exceeded 2,500. With some incomplete corpses, the death toll of the Tartars may be close to 3,000. With the number of Tartars eliminated before, the total loss of Tartars was close to 5,000. Such a large loss was enough to completely scare the Tartars' courage.

Even Dorgon may not dare to continue to stay in Dengzhou City. Especially after the Hu Ben Army seized twenty-six red cannons. These big guys are powerful weapons for siege! Therefore, Zhang Zhun estimated that Dorgon might find a way to escape and escape back to Liaodong.

Since Dorgon could escape, he had to cut off his escape route. Since he was here, don’t leave. This is what Zhang Zhun always meant. Just stay in Dengzhou City. As for when to attack Dengzhou City, that’s the future.

Chen Zhouwei, Li Zhaohui and others quickly said goodbye and left.
Chapter completed!