The next three days were relatively quiet, and there was little Qing movement around Gaoyang. Until the arrival of the angel completely broke Gao Yang's peace. Gao Keng, the eunuch who came to Gao Yang to proclaim the decree, was the eunuch Gao Keng, who was quite young, but his status was not low, so that Sun Chengzong and others did not dare to despise him. Wang Lenian, Yang Hongzhang and others were all asked to go to Sun's Mansion to receive orders. After all the people had been busy with their work, they knelt on the ground and listened to the high pit read aloud in a sharp voice. And the content of the decree was unexpected. First of all, Sun Chengzong was promoted to be the secretary of the military department of the Zhongji Temple, and he could enter Beijing when the holy decree arrived. After the reading was completed, Gao Keng immediately helped Sun Chengzong up, and the smile on Gao Keng's face obviously knew the content of the holy decree for a long time. First, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army and the soldiers and horses of Baoding Town and Datong Town to confront Dolgon in Zhuozhou. After several battles, there were many defeats and few victories, and after the Guanning Iron Cavalry came to Gu'an, he did not move, and was attacked by Dolgon and suffered heavy losses. Emperor Zhu Youzhen recruited Sun Chengzong into Beijing this time, obviously wanting him to replace Lu Xiangsheng. Gao Keng did not shy away from saying that the emperor suddenly decided because he saw Sun Ge Lao's good news. Several auxiliary ministers of the cabinet strongly advocated that Sun Chengzong, the governor of the world, the king of Qin, and the soldiers.

Another main purpose of Gao Keng's visit this time was to check the results of the battle, and as long as the results were true, he would immediately urge Sun Chengzong to enter Beijing. Obviously, almost everyone in the city of Beijing, including Gaokeng, believed that it was impossible for Sun Chengzong to lie about this kind of thing, and the current situation was too much in need of such a partial victory to be inspired, so it was necessary for Sun Chengzong, as the victor, to go to Beijing and leave Beijing again.

The second turn was Yang Hongzhang, Yang Hongzhang was very reluctant to kneel on the ground and listened very seriously, but the holy decree seemed to be a bit long, but the holy decree was sprinkled with a large article, including Sun Chengzong, Wang Lenian and even Xia Dongwei did not know much about the Yangtze River Estuary naval battle, Emperor Zhu Youzhen praised Yang Hongzhang's bluff to startle the snake, and was also surprised by the timely reinforcements and results outside Shanghai. In a word, the emperor is very happy, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are looking forward to Yang Hongzhang making a difference! In the eyes of Sun Chengzong and others, this Yang Hongzhang has long been in the emperor's heart. Then came to Zhili and won three battles and three victories. In recognition of Yang Hongzhang's past merits, the imperial court awarded Yang Hongzhang as the general of Wupin Wuluo, and Sun Chengzong, Yang Hongzhang and others immediately formed the Gaoyang garrison camp, and Yang Hongzhang organized the resistance to Jiannu on the spot and contained Jiannu. The rest of the generals at all levels were selected by Sun Chengzong at his discretion and reported to the imperial court.

For this long-awaited and expected decision, Gao Yang was jubilant, and finally this team, which was mainly composed of people's strongest, was officially formed. Moreover, Yang Hongzhang was also appreciated by the imperial court because of the annihilation of the Qing cavalry in the previous few times, which can be regarded as appeasing Yang Hongzhang's subordinates.

Of course, compared to a small county town in Gaoyang, Wang Lenian's new dispatch can often participate in court meetings to meet the emperor, temporarily stay in Gaoyang to fight together, and enter Beijing after the war.

There is no doubt that in addition to Yang Hongzhang, Sun Chengzong's resurgence and Wang Lenian's promotion are all related to the more than 1,000 Qing soldiers' heads after Yang Hongzhang and others came to Zhili. Yang Hongzhang didn't expect that he could make Sun Chengzong re-enter the cabinet by making foolish noise. Thinking that Sun Chengzong was about to leave Gaoyang, as long as he entered the city of Beijing, it would be relatively safe, and even if he left the capital in the future, he would be protected by heavy soldiers, and the history of the Ming Dynasty had finally changed because of the arrival of his butterfly, Yang Hongzhang breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

Xiang Siwen did not appear at the scene, but hid in the crowd watching the excitement, and he was even more nervous than several parties. Fortunately, he was not mentioned in the holy decree, indicating that Sun Chengzong and Wang Lenian were both kind-hearted people, and did not report the loss of Hejian and Xiang Siwen's people to the imperial court in Gaoyang. The arrival of the imperial envoy was good news for Sun Chengzong, Wang Lenian, and even Xiang Siwen. But for Yang Hongzhang, it can only be a mixed blessing. He can have an official position and a half-job, and he can also legalize the weapons and war horses that his subordinates master. However, the war around the capital is obviously not optimistic. A Dolgon will give Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian a headache, if Yue Tuo returns to the south...... In fact, as the war raged, it was inevitable that Yueto would join forces with Dorgon. And Gaoyang is the inevitable route of Yue Tuo's march!

In fact, whether it is from the content of the holy decree or from Sun Chengzong's imminent departure, it provides an opportunity for Yang Hongzhang to temporarily leave Gaoyang and fight elsewhere. Because Sun Chengzong's departure will definitely shake Gao Yang's determination to defend to the end, especially the civil official Wang Lenian. And the holy decree only asked Yang Hongzhang to organize the army to resist and contain! I didn't say that I would defend Gaoyang! But how do you find an opportunity to leave, and where do you go?

Under Gao Keng's repeated urging, Sun Chengzong had to leave overnight. Originally, Sun Chengzong wanted to follow Gaokeng's guards into Beijing alone, but Wang Lenian and Yang Hongzhang naturally didn't do it. In the end, Sun Chengzong could only blame him for taking fifty personal soldiers, handed over the rest of the family and personal soldiers to Yang Hongzhang, and repeatedly told the two to garrison Gaoyang well.

In fact, without waiting for Wang Lenian and Yang Hongzhang to have a good talk, Xiang Siwen once again impatiently proposed a plan to attack Hejian and garrison Hejian. In fact, purely from the perspective of military generals, Yang Hongzhang is in favor of Xiang Siwen. From the beginning, he did not approve of Sun Chengzong's strategy of stubbornly defending Gaoyang. At that time, Sun Chengzong thought that he was old, and it was normal for him to swear to live and die with Gao Yang. Even if he asks Sun Chengzong now, maybe he won't insist that Wang Lenian and Yang Hongzhang stick to Gaoyang, because the angle of standing is different.

But Wang Lenian was obviously unwilling to give up Gao Yang, or to give up his power like Sun Chengzong in the past. He has been the county magistrate in Gaoyang for five years, if it weren't for Yang Hongzhang's several victories, he would have been in the position of magistrate. The envoy of the imperial court walked on the front foot, and he fled from Gaoyang on the back foot, wouldn't it be a death, and his political future was almost over. Therefore, Wang Lenian resolutely disagreed to give up Gao Yang, although his heart was not necessarily willing to stick to Gao Yang, he had to put on a posture, and such a quarrel would naturally break up unhappily.

Xiang Siwen naturally would not give up lobbying Yang Hongzhang, he saw Yang Hongzhang's vacillation, and believed that Yang Hongzhang knew that the strategic position of Hejian was far from being comparable to Gaoyang. Yang Hongzhang only smiled and said nothing, as the Gaoyang garrison just appointed by the imperial court, he needed a good time to leave.

Sure enough, the day after Sun Chengzong left, Wang Lenian completely changed his attitude and regarded himself as the principal of Gaoyang. Originally, the Ming Dynasty was a civil and military officer, but now he is a civil official of the sixth grade, and he is still a magistrate, and Yang Hongzhang is just a loose official from the fifth grade. Therefore, from the construction of fortifications to the training of the army, Wang Lenian asked about them one by one. Yang Hongzhang also has a hard time, everything has advantages and disadvantages. originally thought that with Sun Chengzong's departure, he could let go of his hands and feet. But this Wang Lenian is obviously not a master who is willing to cooperate quietly, especially when he needs to show more determination to stick to Gaoyang, and what is even worse is that he is the head snake!

Gao Yang's discord did not cause a strong reaction from the people below under Yang Hongzhang's deliberate downplay. The apparent dispute between the two was that on the third day after Sun Chengzong's departure, a large number of refugees fled from the north. On the question of whether to let refugees enter the city, Wang Lenian and Yang Hongzhang have their own opinions, Wang Lenian thinks that he is a local parent official, these refugees are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and now Gaoyang reserves can still supply food and think that refugees should be accepted.

Yang Hongzhang insisted that Gaoyang was in danger, and that these refugees were already homeless, so it was better to let them flee directly to Henan or Shanxi. lest they face the plundering of the Qing army in a few days.

Because Yang Hongzhang was not very persistent, Wang Lenian won the first dispute. However, with the increasing number of refugees, the daily food cost is increasing, and there is a danger of sitting on the mountain. What made Wang Lenian even more troublesome was that these refugees had almost nothing before they entered the city. Gaoyang County was quite peaceful because there was no Qing army to loot. So some restless refugees started stealing in the dead of night. Dealing with these chores on a daily basis occupies a lot of Wang Lenian's time.

This continued for another four or five days, until this day a group of about 1,000 refugees came from the north, and while Wang Lenian was struggling with whether to let them into the city, these people bypassed Gaoyang and continued south. Seeing this strange phenomenon, Yang Hongzhang hurriedly sent someone outside the city to find someone to inquire. The reply was that Anju in the north had been captured by the Qing army. Lu Xiangsheng was defeated in Zhuozhou and retreated to Baoding. Dolgon's army was in hot pursuit, and the capture of Anju was only a casual move. Gao Yang's atmosphere suddenly became tense again.

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the next day, more than 3,000 Qing cavalry appeared in the north of Gaoyang City. Xiang Siwen, Wang Lenian and Yang Hongzhang climbed the city wall for the first time, and none of the three of them could easily get up when they looked at the posture of the ground shaking and the smoke and dust billowing on the opposite side. Especially Xiang Si, he has a deep understanding of the attack power of the Qing cavalry. The city walls of Gaoyang County are not as good as those of the river. Xiang Siwen first looked at Wang Lenian, and then looked at Yang Hongzhang, he actually shamefully thought about how to slip away, and then felt relieved, Yang Hongzhang was right, Sun Chengzong and Wang Lenian were the motivation to stick to Gaoyang, but Yang Hongzhang didn't, he Xiang Siwen didn't need to take this old life, so he thought that he must find a chance to leave Gaoyang! As a prefect and a bystander, he saw the differences between Wang Lenian and Yang Hongzhang very clearly, and he also knew that Yang Hongzhang would definitely not be able to compete with Wang Lenian.

Therefore, in Xiang Siwen's opinion, if you want to leave Gaoyang, of course, it is best to be able to take Yang Hongzhang with him, he feels that although Yang Hongzhang has few people, he has strong combat effectiveness, and in this troubled era, it is the key to saving his life. If he really seized the opportunity to sneak attack Hejian and succeeded, he would be able to continue to be the prefect of Hejian or even go to the next level.