In the Eastern Wu camp, Sun Ce was known as the "Little Overlord", while Tai Shi Ci was considered to be the "First Brave General of Eastern Wu". So if two people are dueling for life and death, whose martial arts are better?
Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci had a direct confrontation, that is, the Battle of Shenting Ridge. Let's analyze the description of this battle in the original text of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
In the fifteenth episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Ce led twelve of his relatives to the Guangwu Temple of Shentingling to perform sacrifices, and was reported back to Liu Xuan's army by Tanma, Tai Shi Ci volunteered to raise his gun and go with the "Qu A Young General" to capture Sun Ce. Intercepted Sun Ce and his party at the bottom of the ridge, and both sides were very personable and decided to go it alone.
The first round: Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci "two horses intersect, the battle is fifty, there is no difference between victory and defeat.". Tai Shi Ci ci saw that Sun Ce's marksmanship "did not leak a little bit" and decided to deceive and lure the enemy.
The second round: Tai Shi Ci fought and walked, Sun Ce chased after him, and the two came to a land of Pingchuan. Tai Shi Ci returned to the horse to fight again, "to the fifty hehe again." Sun Ce stabbed him with one shot and was evaded by Tai Shi Ci; Tai Shi Ci stabbed back with a shot, but he was also held hostage by Sun Ce. The two fell to the ground in a fight.
The third game: The two abandon their guns and engage in a hand-to-hand fight, Sun Ce snatches a short halberd inserted in Tai Shi Ci's back, and Tai Shi Ci steals Sun Ce's helmet. Sun Ce stabbed Tai Shi Ci with a short halberd, and Tai Shi Ci raised Sun Ce's helmet to fight.
Reinforcements from both sides then arrived and engaged in a melee, "it was nearly dusk, and the wind and rain were stormy", and both sides collected their troops and returned to the camp.
Although the battle between the two sides ended in a battle of equal strength and victory or defeat, we found that Sun Ce's offensive ability was slightly better than that of Tai Shi Ci, who always maintained an active posture, while Tai Shi Ci was more defensive and kept water without leaking.
The fighting styles of the two are completely different, Sun Ce is more inclined to take the initiative to attack, while Tai Shi Ci focuses on defensive counterattack. We can also see the end from the records of the two fierce players.
Sun Ce shot Chen Sheng with an arrow, captured Yu Elk, drank fan Neng, killed Yan He with a flying sword, killed Zhou Xin with one shot, a total of 6 battles, Sun Ce won 5 banners, killed 5 enemy generals, and lived up to the title of "Little Overlord". Although Tai Shi Ci killed a lot of soldiers, he did not kill a single enemy general, Ping Sun Ce, Ping Chengpu, Ping Zhang Liao, and even against Wang Lang, he was not able to kill, Tai Shi Ci's attack power was indeed a bit against his "First Brave General of Eastern Wu". Therefore, Sun Ce's force value should be slightly higher than that of Tai Shi Ci.
However, Sun Ce also had a very unsatisfactory time, went out hunting, and was ambushed by three assassins, seriously injured, and eventually died. The grand "little bully" could not even handle a few hair thieves, which was really a great disappointment. Under the same circumstances, guan Yu was shot in the left arm by Han Fu's dark arrow when he crossed luoyang pass, Guan Yu used his mouth to hold the arrow, pulled out the arrow shaft, and then chased and killed Han Fu with a knife; after Xiahou Huan's right eye arrow, he could also "pull out the arrow and swallow the eye", endure the pain, and rush up to pick up Cao Sex who put the dark arrow with a shot. From this point of view, if we talk about bravery and martial arts, Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci are not even as good as Xiahou Huan.
The strongest Tai Shi Ci of Eastern Wu fought with Zhang Liao of Cao Wei, and there was no difference between winning or losing in the seventy or eighty, and there was no slightest upper hand, which also showed that the overall strength of the Eastern Wu generals was indeed one level lower than that of Cao Wei and Shu Han.