Okay, persons have been saying that "break the link" line means that he is dissolving the link permanently. This is not so. After Ansoms turn, its night, he is basically switching off the television now. Thats how Misty was capable of being an individual at night, when she first met Parson.

Also, Stanley is being perfectly fair here. They went ahead with the battleplan, A) without consulting him B) Without using the best tactics (Cloaking-Which Stanley may have used in the past) C) and FAILING.

A well thought out plan is still a failure if it doesnt work. This didnt work, ergo, its a failure.

40% of the enemy siege with minimal loses-Success.

40% of the enemy siege and losing half of your strongest units and 3 of your warlords- FAILURE. Magnifyed by the fact that Gobwin Knob does not have many units to lose. This attack only succeeded in slowing Ansom down, for maybe a turn at best.