Tai Shi Ci was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Tai Shi Ci made his debut in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the 11th chapter of the book, "Liu Huangshu saves Kong Rong in the North Sea, and Lu Wenhou breaks Cao Cao in Puyang", and his later performance was not much different from that in the Three Kingdoms Chronicle, but his time of death was adjusted backward by a few years. Tai Shi Ci also made an appearance at the Battle of Red Cliff and the Battle of the Three Kingdoms, where he first served as the wine inspector for Zhou Yu.

In the Battle of Red Cliff, Tai Shi Ci was responsible for going around the back of Cao's army to cut off reinforcements from Hefei. Later on, Tai Shi Ci fought against the Wei general Zhang Liao in the Battle of Hefei, but his plan of "inside and outside" was broken by Zhang Liao, who even arranged ambushes and attacked Tai Shi Ci when he entered Hefei, causing him to be shot by several arrows and died of his wounds after returning to the camp.

Taishi Ci is seven feet seven inches long, beautiful beard, ape arm good shooting, the string is not false, is a real marksman. Since he was a young man, he was very good at learning, and later served as the county Zuo Cao Shi. At that time, there were disputes between the county and the state, the right and wrong could not be divided, and the judgment of the case was more favorable to the first to let the Secretary (in charge of the punishment and reward of the officials) to know the matter.

The official became the lieutenant of Jianchang. He was a skilled bowman and horseman with excellent archery skills. He was originally a subordinate of Liu Cao [yáo], but was later surrendered by Sun Ce. Since then, Taishi Ci has been Sun's general, helping him to sweep Jiangdong. After Sun Quan unified the country, he entrusted the management of the south to Taishi Ci because he could control Liu Pan [pán].

In the second year of Xingping (195), Liu Cao, the assassin of Yangzhou, and Taishi Ci were in the same county, and had not met with Taishi Ci since he left Liaodong, so Taishi Ci crossed the river to Qu'a to meet Liu Cao, but before he went there Sun Ce had already attacked Dong'a. Some people suggested that Liu Cao should be appointed to a position of honor. Some people advised Liu Cao to appoint Taishi Ci as a general to resist Sun Ce, but Liu Cao said, "If I use Zi Yi, Xu Zi will laugh at me for not knowing how to use people." Therefore, he only ordered Taishi Ci to scout the military situation.

When he arrived at Shenting, Tai Shi Ci met Sun Ce with a small soldier on a horse. At that time, Sun Ce*** had thirteen riders, all of whom were Huang Gai, Han Dang, Song Qian and other brave men. Tai Shi Ci was not afraid to come forward to fight with Sun Ce. Sun Ce stabbed Tai Shi Ci's horse and got the halberd at the back of Tai Shi Ci's neck, at the same time, Tai Shi Ci also got Sun Ce's helmet. It was not until the two armies had reached Shenting that the battle broke up.

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