With such a big battle against Kaifeng Qin Yude, whether it was Sun Ning or the courtiers, they were naturally extremely concerned about the battle situation on the front line.

Therefore, when three days later, when the battle report was sent to Jinling City in an expedited manner of 600 miles, even though it was late at night, Sun Ning still hurried up, gathered his subordinates, checked the military report together, and formulated the next battle strategy at the same time.

And after reading the battle report sent, Sun Ning and the ministers were overjoyed: "Good! This battle can be said to be at a very small cost, annihilating the main army of the rebels of the Pingtian Army who has been entrenched in Kaifeng for many years! ”

"This is Your Majesty's wise strategy, the front-line soldiers and soldiers are ordered by the three armies, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty and the world!" Shen Zhou quickly reacted and took his ministers forward to congratulate him.

Indeed, this battle was too enjoyable and drenching, and this victory not only broke the Kaifeng army of the Pingtian Army, killing the enemy and surrendering the enemy to 60,000 or 70,000, but also forced the remaining enemy troops into a small county town called Xicheng west of Liangzhou.

Yes, this remnant of the defeated army could not even return to their own camp, let alone return to Kaifeng, so they could only run west for self-protection, and then retreat to a small county town.

After that, although many defeated troops heard the news and ran to Xicheng, so that this small city suddenly had nearly 10,000 defenders, enough to hold for a while, but the final result of these enemies was already doomed.

In this situation where the whole army was defeated, there were countless casualties, and morale was even more low, how many days could Qin Yude hold out with such a small number of men and horses to defend a small county town?

Of course, the life and death of these people were no longer so important to Sun Ning at this time.

What he is more concerned about is the great changes in the situation in the entire Central Plains after Qin Yude's defeat, to be more precise, it is an area of Kaifeng, twenty cities, how to deal with it next.

Judging from the information he had before, Qin Yude did his best this time, almost emptied all his soldiers and horses, and set out to fight. At most, there were only 10,000 or 20,000 people left in the Kaifeng area, and his eldest son Qin Fang stayed behind......

Now under this defeat, with the ability and prestige of Qin Fang, a young man who has not yet been crowned, how can he hold such a large piece of territory?

On the side of Kaifeng, there is still such a big force as Luoyang Zhao Guangxiao.

So after a mutual celebration of praise, everyone naturally paid attention to Kaifeng and more than 20 surrounding cities.

"In your Aiqing's opinion, should the imperial court take the opportunity to send troops and seize Kaifeng and other cities, or continue to hold on to the troops, wait for Zhao Guangxiao to take action, and then make it divide its troops to weaken itself?"

As soon as Sun Ning's question was thrown, the ministers naturally all had a saying, and some wanted to take advantage of the victory to win the city, and naturally proposed to break the enemy first, regardless of Kaifeng's empty cities.

In this matter, even Xiao Changyong, who has not talked much about military affairs, couldn't help but express his opinion: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better not to occupy Kaifeng and other cities for the time being. ”

"Oh? How so? Sun Ning asked.

"First, Qin Yude and the other thieves have not been eradicated, and it is difficult to ensure that the local conspirators and others have not given up, even if they can't resist in person, they will inevitably work hard in the dark in the future, so as to divide the power of our court."

Xiao Changyong analyzed in a low voice: "After all, this Kaifeng and other cities have long been out of the rule of the imperial court for more than ten years, and people's hearts will inevitably change early, so we have to guard against it." ”

Sun Ning nodded lightly, this is exactly what he is worried about, sometimes it is easy to break a city, but it is not so simple to occupy a city. After all, as a court court, you can't kill on a large scale and solve all the people in the city who refuse to cooperate, right?

"There must be one and there must be two, what is the second reason for the right phase?"

Xiao Changyong glanced at Sun Ning again: "Didn't Your Majesty have already made a decision before, the imperial court will first use the south and then the north, and this time the sudden use of troops against the north is also sudden, and I have to do it." But then, the imperial court still has to spend a lot of energy on the southern coast, so it will be a bit too much to send troops to Kaifeng. ”

This point is naturally what Sun Ning is worried about, and he nodded at this time: "Yes, it is not a good policy to change the order after all, so leave Kaifeng alone for the time being." As long as Qin Yude and other thieves are at the head level, as long as they are all given the heads, plus the soldiers and horses under their command are gone, even if Kaifeng falls into the hands of Zhao Guangxiao and makes the land of Gyeonggi into his hands, it is not a big threat. ”

"Your Majesty, that's exactly how it should be."

At this time, even Shen Zhou followed to show his attitude, and then the other ministers followed.

At least now, the civil officials in this palace still advocate stopping here for the time being, after all, every expedition means a lot of consumption and great risk. For the Dayue Imperial Court, which is only gradually improving, it is always a good thing to be stable.

As for the generals, at this time, they were either fighting on the front line, or they were out of town, and only one Chen Qingyun was present, and he was a steady one, so naturally he would not compete with other courtiers, so he acquiesced in this decision.

This night, with the return of the report of the great victory, and the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, the ministers in the Jinling court finally settled down completely.

At least in the short term, there will be no more fighting, and everyone can live a peaceful life again.

But it's still that sentence, on the battlefield, changing rapidly, some things are really not completely controlled by the generals, let alone the Jinling monarchs who are thousands of miles away.

Just when everyone relaxed, waiting for the final victory on the Xicheng side to come back, waiting for the heads of Qin Yude and other thieves to be sent to the court, or to capture them alive, and waiting for the Ming canonical punishment, another battle report arrived a few days later.

And the result of this battle report was diametrically opposed to the previous one - the Vietnamese army was actually defeated in Xicheng, and Qin Yude and other thieves who had become turtles in the urn were able to escape!

When this result was proposed by Sun Ning in public, everyone was dumbfounded.

If the emperor hadn't said this unbelievable result in person, I am afraid that many courtiers would have loudly denounced this as fake.

"Your Majesty, what the hell is going on?" Shen Zhou's face was surprised, and he asked cautiously, "But the armies on the front line clashed, and the enemy had a chance?" Or is there something happening over there that makes it difficult for our army to resist? ”

If it is the former, it can be saved with severe punishment, but if it is the latter, I am afraid it will really shake people's hearts. After all, for the people of this era, the warning effect of the changing weather is really unsettling.

At this time, Sun Ning handed the military newspaper in his hand forward, and let out a long sigh: "It's not, but we made a mistake from the beginning and ignored a strong enemy that should not be ignored!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......