Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Upon seeing this, Xu Sheng hurriedly helped Tian Feng up and said.

"Sir, you are a wise man from Hebei. Even the Prime Minister has praised you a lot. Why are you so modest and cautious? If you have any good ideas, please speak up."

Tian Feng was slightly startled, subconsciously raised his hand to touch his cheek, and asked unconsciously.

"I look very humble and cautious?"

Xu Sheng, not understanding what was going on, nodded and said.

"Sir, you have the demeanor of a humble gentleman."

When Tian Feng heard this, he couldn't help but reveal a bitter look of reminiscence on his face.

I am known for my uprightness, but now I have become like this?

After Cao Cao launched a surprise attack on Jizhou and the "Exhortation to Protect the People" was spread to Hebei, Tian Feng was imprisoned by Yuan Shao for persuading Yuan Shao to postpone the attack on Cao.

Tian Feng originally thought that no matter whether Yuan Shao won or lost, he would be killed by Yuan Shao after the war.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao died.

Cao Cao acquired most of the Yuan family's foundation, and the remaining part was divided among the Yuan brothers. This in turn led to Tian Feng being released from prison by Yuan Xi.

However, Tian Feng was disheartened by this and retired to his hometown, never able to get over the death of Yuan Shao.

He was angry that Yuan Shao did not listen to him and ended up like this. He also regretted that if he had persuaded Yuan Shao a little more, or had been a little more tactful in his words and attitude, there might have been a different result.

This inconsolable anger and regret made Tian Feng age by more than ten years in the six months since he retired.

It was not until the Jinyisi found Tian Feng that they invited Tian Feng to Shouchun in the name of Yuan Shu, half-forced and half-voluntarily, when the Yuan brothers were annexed by Cao Cao. Tian Feng was moved by Liu Bei's sincerity and patience during his many visits to him, and finally he took up the official position again.

Tian Feng was stunned for a long time. Xu Sheng did not disturb him. Instead, he studied the surrounding topographic map and waited patiently with enough respect.

As Tian Feng came back to his senses, his slightly old face once again showed his former charm, and he said.

"In that case, I will speak frankly and ask for your guidance, General."

"please."

Tian Feng stroked his beard and said.

"I am also familiar with the name of Cao Wei's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is actually divided into two parts. One is the Tiger Cavalry that is good at charging into battle, and the other is the Leopard Cavalry that is good at archery on horseback."

"Cao Cao's intention is nothing more than to make the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry combine the characteristics of the White Horse Volunteers and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and train the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to be the strongest army in the world."

"If Cao Ren sends cavalry to investigate as the Prime Minister reminded, even if he sends Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, he will certainly only mobilize the Leopard Cavalry, which has a faster marching speed."

Xu Sheng nodded in agreement, and suddenly felt somewhat enlightened.

There are 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in Qingzhou, half of them are Tiger Cavalry and half are Leopard Cavalry.

In other words, even if Cao Ren sent cavalry, it would either be 1,500 Leopard Cavalry or Leopard Cavalry leading some ordinary cavalry.

"May I ask how to deal with this?" Xu Sheng asked.

"Just stay constant in the face of change."

Tian Feng said with emotion.

"The Leopard Cavalry is known for its archery skills, and its manpower is precious. They are not willing to charge with short weapons. Even if they want to harass our army while they are attacking the city, they will only attack with archery from the outside." "What the general is worried about is not how to completely deal with this cavalry, but that it will affect the capture of Anqiu and Chang'an."

After a pause, Tian Feng rolled up his sleeves, raised two fingers and said.

"Therefore, General, you can immediately send people to Anqiu and Chang'an under the banner of Cao's cavalry to try to trick the city gates open. Success or failure is not important."

"If we do it again tomorrow morning, it will be enough to make the defenders of Anqiu and Chang'an not feel excited about whether reinforcements will arrive or not. They will only subconsciously doubt in their hearts."

"In this way, even if the Leopard Cavalry arrives outside the city tomorrow, our army only needs to continue to besiege the city and attack it fiercely to prevent them from rushing into the city. Whether the reinforcements arrive or not will have no effect on boosting the morale of Cao's army."

After hearing this, Xu Sheng's eyes brightened.

As for morale, there is a saying that the first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted.

However, Tian Feng's plan was to proactively stimulate Cao's army in the name of reinforcements. Even if the Leopard Cavalry really arrived and harassed them from a distance, it would not give Cao's army any hope.

After Xu Sheng pondered for a few breaths, he said.

"Good plan, I will do as you said and send some people to pretend to be Cao's army to try to trick the city gate open."

Xu Sheng's decisiveness made Tian Feng, who had experienced too much hesitation from Yuan Shao, a little dazed. Then when Xu Sheng started to arrange the manpower, Tian Feng could not help but laugh at himself, and he felt a little more relaxed invisibly.

After Xu Sheng had made all the arrangements, Tian Feng continued speaking.

"This plan is to deal with the defenders of Anqiu and Chang'an. However, if the Leopard Cavalry really harasses us, we have one or two ways to prevent and counterattack them, so that they dare not take even a single step beyond the line."

At this moment, Xu Sheng had completely recognized Tian Feng's ability and respectfully invited him.

"Please elaborate, sir."

"We can dig pits for horses on the flat land outside Anqiu and Chang'an, spread caltrops, and then organize the strong crossbows in the army into small teams and set them outside when attacking the city, and use strong crossbows to counterattack them."

Tian Feng spoke out his experiences in dealing with cavalry one by one, and most of these experiences were accumulated from Gongsun Zan's White Horse Volunteers.

Especially the powerful crossbow, which is a powerful weapon against cavalry.

It is naturally best used on narrow bridges, but even on flat ground, it can still threaten cavalry with its range far exceeding that of a horse bow.

Xu Sheng, who was relatively inexperienced in dealing with cavalry, became very interested when he heard this. Not only did he order his men to make arrangements one by one, he also pulled Tian Feng aside to discuss the matter almost all night long.

By the next morning, the plan to pretend that Cao's army had scored a second goal naturally ended in failure.

The Cao army defenders of Anqiu and Chang'an were not stupid and naturally would not believe such a clumsy fake.

In order to stabilize the morale of the defenders in the city, the Cao army commander who had seen through the fake one had to point out in public that the reinforcements outside the city were fake, to prevent the defenders, who had already suffered heavy casualties, from suspecting that the commander was deliberately not letting the reinforcements into the city.

Moreover, the Cao army defenders in Anqiu and Chang'an were quite pleased with themselves for repeatedly seeing through the Han army's strategies, little did they know that this was the subtlety of Tian Feng's plan.

Both times the reinforcements arrived at the city were fake.

Could it be that the Leopard Cavalry, who showed their flags from afar for the third time, were real reinforcements?

Perhaps Cao's defenders could tell the difference, but for ordinary soldiers, their trust had been completely exhausted.

Tian Feng also took a tired rest in the early morning after learning that the plan had been successfully implemented. On the contrary, Xu Sheng, who had been up all night, was still in high spirits. After checking various defenses against the Leopard Cavalry, he personally organized his army to launch another strong attack on the two cities of Anqiu and Chang'an.

After two days of devastation, Anqiu and Chang'an, which had suffered heavy casualties, were already on the verge of collapse, and more than 70% of the defenders were injured. (End of this chapter)