Yeah that's why my gains are so small but I will be able to take all the land back it will just take some time. I'm also fighting at disadvantage because I did the first at attack. I had to attack him while his full army was at home. Then again he wouldn't have been able to attack me with my army at home so I had to be the one to attack first because he couldn't attack first even if he wanted to.
We just have to see how it all plays out.