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Edacnik wrote: A reply to Legoarmy:

Sauron probably did enlist Easterlings to attack Dale. However, simply put, it's speculated the Blue Wizards foiled this plan.

Smaug, however, probably would not listen to Sauron. It's fairly certain only Morgoth himself controlled the dragons.

As for your second point... Easterlings never took Erebor or Dale.

As you can see, no stupid mistakes where made, but rather Sauron was inconvenienced.

The free Easterlings could not control the north west area of rhun unless during the war of the ring they were destroyed before Easterlings sieges erebor. I do believe that sauron was still mustering troops from there so he may not want to spend them.

Smaug is a dragon who would listen to morgorth but Sauron was morgorth's right hand man and had control over many other Maia which are superior to Smaug. But you could say Sauron was still getting strength so Smaug won't follow him.