sentences:  There was intense fighting to re-occupy territory or to attempt to strip the retreating forces of their supplies and munitions.With the support of Wu Peifu and the Zhili clique Lu Rongting slipped back into Guangxi in 1923 and began to try to rebuild his coalition.He soon had control over the south with its important pool of Zhuang manpower, but the situation had changed and his political organization could not be rebuilt.