Fortunately, the Royal Alliance still had deep reserves.
Even after suffering a crushing defeat on the front lines, then facing a powerful invasion and losing vast swaths of territory,
they had still managed to muster a sizable fleet after an emergency mobilization.
They relied on several node star systems under their control, each already equipped with a complete defense system, to build a defensive line and barely hold back the coalition led by the Three Kingdoms of the River Disk Area.
One factor was that the coalition of the Three Kingdoms of the River Disk Area had also run into some internal conflicts.
But after this battle, the Royal Alliance, which had originally been unrivaled in overall strength, suffered a devastating blow.
Its hard power—territory and fleet strength—as well as its soft power, including internal cohesion, unity, and organizational capacity, had all declined significantly.
Against the newly formed faction of the Three Kingdoms of the River Disk Area, the Royal Alliance had clearly fallen into a disadvantageous position!
If the faction of the Three Kingdoms of the River Disk Area hadn't also been hastily assembled and plagued by numerous internal conflicts, the Royal Alliance wouldn't have been given a chance to catch its breath.
The civil war in the New Song Kingdom might even have ended with a victory for the Three Kingdoms of the River Disk Area!
The reason Wang Jujun and his wife had managed to gain control of Changpan Star Gate was that they had seized the opportunity amid this larger situation.
The several members of the Royal Alliance who had originally shared control of Changpan Star Gate—all of them had been badly hit in this battle. Changpan Star Gate was a prize too lucrative for one or two factions to control alone.
The battle had been