Clever strategist 諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮 Zhūgě Liàng (aka 孔明 Kong Ming, 181–234 A.D.) was a contemporary of, but on the opposite side to, 曹操 Cáo Cāo (mentioned in Clever ancient Chinese tricks: 01 (望梅止渴)).
This is my summary. You can google for the full version on the historical background and details.
Zhūgě Liàng was tasked with producing 100,000 arrows within ten days in a battle against Cáo Cāo. He said he’d do it in three.
He had the men make human effigies out of the reeds around them, and stick them upright on boats.
When it got foggy after dark, they pushed the boats out.
Cáo Cāo’s soldiers saw these shapes moving about on the water among the rushes, and started shooting (arrows) at them. The arrows stuck in the reed effigies.
Zhuge Liang’s men then retrieved the boats and pulled out the arrows.
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