This led to the Divine Teachings, due to their lack of troops, failing in strong attacks, and having no opportunity to turn the tide through field battle tactics, gradually losing their advantage, and being forced into passive retreat and defense.
Meanwhile, the Anxi Army had supplies from the Three Sources, and the Grand Tutor was also using connections through Cloud Platform Peak to ally with the local aristocrats and powerful families in Kun Province, gradually winning over local forces and cutting off the Divine Teachings' local supply lines, forcing them to reroute through Kunlun. Additionally, many scattered forces friendly to Xuanmen within Kun Province began to rebel.
This all made it increasingly difficult for the Divine Teachings to maintain their rule, forcing them to hold their main forces at Juelong Ridge to confront General Anxi, allowing many counties and scattered forces within Kun Province to govern themselves. It didn't seem like they could hold out much longer.
