Sun Ning's piece of fat bait was sprinkled, and after all, only one big fish was hooked.

After entering Layue, Sun Ning, who continued to live in seclusion and hid in Jinguan City, soon got a lot of battle reports from the front line.

These battle reports came not only from the local area of Sichuan and Shu, but also from the more important Luoyang area of the Central Plains.

The local situation in Sichuan and Shu was not only expected by Sun Ning, but it was also somewhat beyond his judgment.

Unexpectedly, the counterinsurgency soldiers and horses, mainly the Yang family in Banzhou, were overwhelmed for more than two months, constantly conquering various cities, and uprooting those hidden dangers that might harbor different intentions one by one.

Originally, as the land of Sichuan and Shu in the southwest where Sun Ning and the Dayue court spent a lot of effort before, their influence here was still quite far-reaching.

Even though there are still some guys who want to do something secretly, they don't dare to blatantly jump out and make enemies of the government.

When Yang Jianting's men and horses fought everywhere under the banner of quelling the rebellion on behalf of the imperial court, these local forces, whether Han or barbarian, all collapsed, and even a decent counterattack could not be organized a few times.

Judging from such a smooth process, this internal pacification and purge in Sichuan and Shu would not even take two months.

However, Yang Jianting had already obtained Sun Ning's secret order, deliberately slowed down the offensive, and continued to let people spread false news, so that those Sichuan and Shu cities that had long been pacified seemed to be still under the control of the rebels......

As a result, the "rebellion" within Sichuan and Shu continued like this, until the time of the wax moon, as if it had not been completely pacified.

And the reason why Sun Ning did this was naturally to attract the enemies that the two sides really wanted to deal with to hurry up.

But the news from Langzhou in eastern Sichuan disappointed him a little, which surprised him.

Li Wannian of Chang'an actually chose to stand still under such circumstances, not to mention marching on a large scale as before, and then attacking Sichuan and Shu, even a small group of harassing teams did not see him send, as if he really gave up the idea of fighting Sichuan and Shu again.

Sun Ning was still quite concerned about such a reaction, and even had a discussion with Guo Chong, Wen Liangyu, and Yang Yanzhong, who came to Jinguancheng on purpose.

As a result, he only came to the answer that the other party seemed more stable and cautious because of the previous defeat.

Compared with Guan Long and Li Wannian, who did not have a plan, Zhao Guangxiao in Luoyang, Central Plains, had already begun to counterattack as Sun Ning wished.

The mobilization of a large number of troops and horses under Luoyang's rule naturally could not hide the main force of Dayue, and after they learned of it, they did not rush to put on a posture to meet the battle, but made a strategic contraction, quickly gathered the soldiers and horses that were originally scattered in various small cities, and then retreated slightly to the rear.

This kind of performance is naturally a defensive posture deliberately put on by the front-line generals in order to lure the enemy into battle after winning Sun Ning's order.

And this immediately greatly increased the confidence of the Luoyang side, and the small team that was only a little tentative soon launched an attack on the Vietnamese garrison on its own.

Then, they had a few more victories, and even a few more captures.

All these results were reported to the rear, and presumably Zhao Guangxiao and the others must have been convinced of the conclusion that the Vietnamese army had retreated and that there were big problems within the Dayue court.

This will naturally prompt them to gather more troops and horses in order to divide the victory and defeat with the Vietnamese army.

And as long as the Pingtian Army no longer blindly defends the city as before, and dares to come out for a decisive battle, especially such a large-scale decisive battle, Sun Ning's final strategic intention will be achieved.

After all, the combat power of the Da Yue official army is no longer something that the constantly weakened Pingtian Army can compete with.

As long as the decisive battle is opened, there is no possibility for Luoyang to retreat, even if there are reinforcements in Chang'an at this time, it is impossible to change the outcome of the entire war.

After reading this report on the Central Plains War that was sent urgently, but it was also ten days ago, Sun Ning showed a satisfied smile: "It seems that within this year, this battle to determine the ownership of the Central Plains will be completely launched.

"Tell me that once the decisive battle begins, our army will be victorious in a few months?"

Yang Yanzhong paused

After thinking about it, he gave his own answer: "At most, in three months, Your Majesty can take us back to Luoyang Capital."

"What you say is very much to my liking." Sun Ning nodded approvingly, then turned his head to look at Wen Liangyu, "What do you think?"

Wen Liangyu frowned slightly, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Please also ask Your Majesty to forgive the sins of the ministers first......

"It's not above the court, our monarchs and ministers just have a little discussion, what can be sinful or not, there is something to say." Sun Ning waved his hand disappreciatively.

"The minister thinks that this decisive battle with the rebels of the Pingtian Army in the Central Plains, if it is normal, it is very likely that Lord Yang will win in March. However, on the battlefield, the situation will change rapidly, and I am afraid that there will be some changes beyond our control."

"What's changed?" Sun Ning frowned, thinking about it carefully, he really didn't miss anything.

"The ghosts of the north, and the Jinju Guohan! They are the possible variables in this decisive battle!" Wen Liangyu said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear, you must not turn a blind eye to the threats of these two sides just because it seems that you have the chance to win right now, and you must send corresponding troops and horses to prepare for trouble."

This statement was a bit beyond Sun Ning's expectations, the smile on his face was closed, and he lowered his head and began to ponder: "Jinzhou Guo Han and the Ghost Rong people...... The former really can't be guarded against, although his strength when he ran to Jinzhou is not the same as that of Guo Yan in Liangzhou at the beginning. But tens of thousands of elite cavalry, he can always take it out.

"As for the ghosts......

After saying this, Sun Ning lost his mind for a moment, and to be honest, he really didn't know much about this powerful foreign enemy.

Ghost Rong has always been a strong enemy in the north of Dayue, not to mention the two hundred years of grievances and battles, just more than ten years ago, the Guirong people invaded the northern Xinjiang and took more than ten cities in the north in October, which is enough to make the Dayue court talk about the color of the conversation.

However, strange things also appeared, and the ghost Rong's attack on Da Yue ended there.

After they seized the northern frontier, although there was a turmoil in the Central Plains at the same time, and the division of the Dayue court almost existed in name only, they did not seize this opportunity to go south, having gained a firm foothold in the northern frontier.

It wasn't until a few years later that they hit the ground again, but it also ended in failure.

All these facts made the people of Dayue and others jealous of this powerful enemy in the north, and at the same time they were a little neglectful.

For example, Sun Ning, over the years, has focused on internal rebellions such as the Liangzhou Guo clan and the three divisions of the Pingtian Army, but has paid little attention to this great enemy in the north.

At this time, he finally reacted a little: "But is there any new information from the north?"