"As a shining example of failure, I really did quite well."
Lan Yan said leisurely, "Us soldiers butting heads with you merchants in this game of wits—really, that was us getting too full of ourselves."
"As for timing, you stirred up chaos in Xuanzhu County—the unrest broke out the same day as the military funds transport. If that's just a coincidence, well, I'll take the loss. If I hadn't sent people ahead to meet the transport team, I'd probably still be in the dark right now."
"For location, you set up an ambush for the funds in advance, and you chose to move by water. Other than the Heyang Army, nobody could have intercepted you, and the Heyang Army had already been crushed by our Linhai Army."
"On the human front, I only brought a few dozen Swift Blade soldiers to follow up. We are the furious losers, and you all are the victors, returning fully loaded."
