The Lord is pissed but doesn't blame his men but his arrogance, those under him have had all their reverse scales touched. I feel bad for the South alliance all his subordinates both NPC and player are more cruel than he is.
The Lord and Black Snake are both pissed off about this. Truly brothers are on the same wavelength = makes us look incompetent? I think not. Massive retaliation time!!!
To anyone out there with half a brain cell, no plan is perfect and all plans falter or even fail when they meet the enemy. Only on a chessboard can one see all the pieces but that does not mean one can see all the moves. The fog of war is immense. To blame yourself for everything that goes wrong does not make sense, it is stupid and even self-defeating. One mistake does not cost the battle or the war, only when you let that self-doubt plague you and cause you to make more mistakes due to second guessing things constantly do you then cause that first mistake to create an avalanche.
He keeps talking about raising insects. How many times does he have to get his ass kicked before he actually fucks up majorly and looses his capital city?
Moron had the chance to wipe out Taiping country extremely quickly but he let the threat buildup like a moron. I still have no clue why he is going inland when he has the see. Explore the islands for resources and lock down Lianzhou and your job is done. As long as he can navigate he can land behind enemy lines to cause major damage and back off again.
Instead of focusing on a place where he has a monopoly he is going inland like a moron.
Druzilla