 Güemes did not obtain reinforcements and resorted to extorting money by force from the upper-class landowners of Salta.In February 1820 another wave of Spanish troops invaded San Salvador de Jujuy and Salta, but were eventually repelled.The year 1820 marked a turning point of a long civil war in Argentina, with provinces fighting among themselves and with Buenos Aires, after the fall of the central government following the Battle of Cepeda.