Villa had a well-earned reputation as a fierce and successful general, and the combination of forces arrayed against Carranza by Villa, other northern generals, and Zapata was larger than the Constitutionalist Army, so it was not at all clear that Carranza would prevail.
Villa havde opnået et velfortjent ry som en hård og succesfuld general, og kombinationen af hans tropper der var opstillet mod Carranza, andre nordlige generaler og Zapata var støre en den Konstitutionelle Hær, så det var ikke klart, om Carranza ville sejre.