The Shandong Navy has always been strongly supported and built by us, and we have never slackened our efforts in this regard.
To bolster the Shandong navy, he even "requisitioned" a large number of merchant ships from the north and handed them over to them, allowing them to select the usable ones to keep.
He knew that these merchant ships were no match for warships, but having them was better than having none.
In any case, he kept allocating silver to the Shandong navy to build warships.
With the full force of the north mobilized and his almost desperate allocation of funds, the Shandong navy finally acquired a certain level of combat capability.
However, this only meant having a certain level of combat capability; he couldn't build a powerful navy during this period.
Sending this navy to fight against the navy of the Jiangnan court at that time would be suicidal.
So this time, although he also ordered the Shandong navy to go south with him, it was mainly to have them transport supplies and such.
However, with the naval forces of Jiangnan suffering heavy losses in Poyang Lake, the balance of power between the two sides' remaining naval forces changed.
Although the naval forces in Jiangnan are still formidable, they are no match for the Shandong navy in a direct confrontation.
However, stopping them is still possible.
Most importantly, the Shandong Navy entered from the mouth of the Yangtze River, heading from east to west.
My own waterborne force in Anqing travels downstream from west to east.
Furthermore, since we have already acquired control of both the north and south banks, although our artillery cannot reach the other side of the Yangtze River.
However, in some narrower sections of the Yangtze River, it is still possible to reach the center of the river.
If enough artillery pieces are set up on both banks of the Yangtze River, it will be possible to blockade the river.
At that time, we will attack from both the north and south, and clash from both the east and west. Even if we cannot destroy your navy, we can definitely cripple you.
Thinking of this, Li Qin stared intently at the chess piece on the map that represented Zheng Chenggong's navy.
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