When he heard Ling Tong say that his father died in battle, Taishi Ci did not avoid the topic, but sighed: "Hey, it will be fine."
"What will be good?" Ling Tong asked with obvious hostility.
"The 'future' will be good. When the lord brings order to the chaos and cleanses the world, our children will not lose their fathers due to the war. We no longer have to wait for our husbands to come home every day, but can only wait for a jar, or even just a piece of news.
More than half of the manpower will be extracted every year, and you will be out of breath after lifting a hoe twice..." Tai Shici said.
After gradually taking over the responsibility of catching the wind, Taishi Ci had a more direct understanding of the first-hand information of the people.
For example, corps commanders and even commanders are all junior officers and generals, but...their wives and children's lives are actually not that good.
Many of them are just corps commanders or very senior generals, but they are just concubines from the branches of wealthy families. In fact, their daily lives are no different from those of ordinary farmers, and they are even unemployed and idle people...or "knight-errants".
In Yangzhou, where the General Mansion is guarding, the army has always believed in the line of "elite troops". The total number of troops is only a little over 100,000 and no more than 120,000. When they go to the grassroots defense in ordinary counties and cities, the main battle troops that can be used are only about 80,000.
——With the individual soldier configuration of the General's Mansion, there are too many to support!
However, in terms of the staffing of grassroots generals, the General's Mansion has always had sufficient personnel. There are nearly 15,000 generals in the 80,000 main battle army. Unless they are damaged in battle, there must be a corps commander for every five Ji Zao soldiers.
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Of course, it is not surprising that the other princes are equipped with 200,000 troops.
Therefore, military dependents are also a large group in Yangzhou.
Even ordinary families without generals in their families are still having a hard time nowadays. The princes are overstretching their manpower and have entered a vicious cycle!
"The future...but the dead will never come back again." Ling Tong's tone became calmer.
At the same time, a cold light flashed from Ling Tong's waist, and he actually took out a dagger and stabbed Taishi Ci in the waist!
Taishi Ci had not been wary of Ling Tong at all before - after all, it was the battle in Jiangxia, and there were generals who had made great achievements first. If he had to be wary of such people, Taishi Ci would probably have to keep his eyes open even when sleeping.
However, the moment Ling Tong took out the knife, his unabashed murderous intention and the sound of the dagger cutting through the air made Taishi Ci instantly alert. Although he had no idea what was happening, he still moved forward.
A sudden pounce.
At the same moment, a cry of pain came from Ling Tong's mouth, and two bloody lights bloomed in the night in the alley next to the general's mansion...
One was Taishi Ci's lower back, which was cut two fingers deep by a dagger. Fortunately, he fell forward in time, otherwise he might not have been able to save his waist...
The two were Ling Tong's palms, which were pierced by a thin branch!
Because this branch is not as thick as the tip of a chopstick, only three inches long, and when it "comes out", it is like a snake coming out of its body, fast and cunning, so it is very inconspicuous in the night.
However, this inconspicuous branch directly pierced Ling Tong's palm, causing his dagger to fall to the ground, and he lost the chance to continue the attack!
I saw an "ordinary woodcutter" walking out of the night...
"I originally thought it was to harm Mr. Bai, but it turns out the target is you, Ziyi." The woodcutter said apologetically.
When he discovered Ling Tong's abnormality before, the reason why he didn't take action immediately was that there was no evidence and... he wanted to see if there were any big fish.
But he didn't expect that his target was Taishi Ci. Fortunately, Taishi Ci reacted quickly, otherwise his waist would be gone...
And if there was such a big commotion near the General's Mansion, it was natural that someone would immediately come to the alley to copy it.
Ling Tong's eyes flashed with despair - he had clearly made up his mind to kill Tai Shici for revenge no matter what the price, but... now that the price had to be paid, he actually failed!
As for why the woodcutter in the General's Mansion had such skills, Ling Tong had no time to think about it.
But at this moment, Taishi Ci's face changed several times and he quickly stood up, faced the approaching guards, blocked the injured Ling Tong behind him and said: "It's okay here, General Xiao Ling just fell down, what are you looking at?
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When the guards saw it was Tai Shi Ci, they quickly laughed a few words, clasped their fists and left - although Tai Shi Ci had been transferred to the Wind Catching Guard, most of these guards were brought out by Tai Shi Ci, so naturally they would not suspect anything.
In other words... at most, I suspect that Taishi Ci and Ling Tong had some personal grudge, and they just had a fight!
At this time, it was all in the dark. Looking at the front, it was hard to tell that Tai Shici had almost had his waist removed just now...
The woodcutter was also on the side, but he did not question Taishi Ci's decision, he was just "pacifying" on the side.
After the guards left, Taishi Ci immediately tore his clothes—of course, his own clothes—and reluctantly bandaged the wound.
"Why are you helping me?" Ling Tong asked, glaring at Tai Shici.
"Who is your father?" Taishi Ci asked with a cold face.
At this time, no matter how dull Taishi Ci was, he still knew that Ling Tong's previous words meant something.
"The general who ascended Shucheng first...Ling Cao! You probably don't remember it anymore, right?" Ling Tong wanted to sneer, but seeing how Taishi Ci was bandaging himself, he couldn't help but speak softer.
"Well, I don't remember." Tai Shici continued with a cold face.
"You!" Ling Tong said with anger again.
"When fighting on the battlefield, do you still want to remember everyone you killed?" Taishi Ci said calmly.
"Just for what you said...the future?" Ling Tong asked sarcastically.
Seeing that Taishi Ci did not answer and the bandaging had been completed, Ling Tong continued to ask: "Then why did you lie just now? Could it be that the famous Taishi Ci only killed enemies and never assassins?"
"For the 'future'." Taishi Ci said after a pause.
Obviously... we are not talking about Ling Tong's future, but the future of the General's Mansion!
At this time, the third front was at war with Jingzhou. The group led by Sun Ce of Jiangxia was the first to achieve results. Chen Gong's group was not the main force. As for Chen Dao and Zhang Xiu, they were encountering some "minor troubles" in their pincer attack on the upper reaches of the Huaihe River.
The military information presented to Bai Tu at the banquet, as well as the order that Taishi Ci had just gone to Cheng Ji Mansion to convey on his behalf, were all about Yi Yang.
If news now spreads that Sun Ce's subordinates assassinated Tai Shici, no matter how much Bai Tu and Sun Ce trust each other, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others will inevitably be transferred back - the former guard commander Su who assassinated Bai Tu...
By the way, is it because he failed in assassinating Bai Tu that he decided to do the next best thing?
It doesn't matter what Bai Tu and Sun Ce think or how they communicate. In the entire General's Office, from the Sixth Department to the Privy Council, no one can tolerate Sun Ce continuing to lead his troops outside under such circumstances...
"Bo Fu actually asked you to be the representative to ask for merit, haha." Taishi Ci now wanted to bring Sun Ce in front of him immediately and slap him...if Sun Ce wasn't worshiping his father.
Hearing Taishi Ci's words, Ling Tong's eyes also turned red. Although he didn't have much of an overall perspective, he had never thought about the impact this matter would have on Sun Ce, so he had struggled with it before.
It’s just... what he thought before was very superficial!
The best-case scenario is that the Western Expedition will be thwarted, which may affect a series of subsequent grand strategies. The worst-case scenario is that the General's Office and Sun Ce's department may face a split - among the Sun family, there are still
Many people have never died of self-reliance, but now they are just lurking.
So Tai Shici's first reaction was to cover up the matter first...