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Then came the problems. Kossuth shifted one gear up, worked day and night to organize the defence, to build up a new army, to balance out the endeavors of the so called Peace Party who wished to seek an agreement with the Court. He tried to be everywhere, tried to control everything. He even tried to manually control Görgey, the new commander of the freshly beaten army, whom he had just appointed. Kossuth, led by his idealistic view on how things should happen, often gave contradictory or quickly changing orders to Görgey who on the other hand founded his own ideas onto the reality of the actual military situation he faced. He was on the scene and was in direct control of the troops. This was also a difference, Kossuth saw the larger scope of the conflict, Görgey - at that point, since that was his job - only could judge, based on his slice of the war, though he probably followed news from elsewhere. Their opinion clashed, Kossuth wanted him to hold as many land as possible, and encouraged him to undertake a battle to gain time and keep up the morale of the country, Görgey on the other hand avoided combat, since the opponent was way stronger, and retreated. Meanwhile the front moved eastward again, a battle was lost by an other army led by General Perczel, which allowed the approach of the capital. The "neighbour" unit was Görgey's and the lack of help from him led Perczel to nurse a little grudge toward the hero of our story. As a result of the defeat the government and the legislation fled from Pest-Buda to Debrecen and the marshalling area of a new army, which could possibly confront Windisch-Grätz - the commander of the Emperor's army -. was rebased along the Tisza river. Görgey retreated again and Castle Buda was taken, with the city of Pest on the other side of the Danube. Görgey moved his army to a bit north along the great river to Vác.