Where is Zhuge Liang’s clever plan in Borrowing Arrows on a Straw Boat?

In Borrowing Arrows from a Thatched Boat, Zhuge Liang’s magical calculations are as follows:

1. Calculating the magic of the weather - heavy fog.

2. Calculate Cao Cao's psychology - he is afraid of being ambushed in the fog, so he will shoot with arrows.

3. Calculate the number of arrows each ship will receive - five to six thousand. Twenty ships can receive more than 100,000 arrows.

4. Calculate the time when the fog clears - you can return to the voyage in time without being overtaken by enemy ships.

5. Calculate the quantity and quality of arrows that Cao Cao may shoot - in line with Zhou Yu's requirements.

6. Calculate the psychology of Zhou Yu and Lu Su—expect the unexpected.

7. Calculate Lu Su’s rights and abilities - he can meet the requirements of soldiers, ships, straw men, etc.

8. Calculate the points and the time required to inventory arrows.

"Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat" is a story in the Chinese classic "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

"Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat" is a famous plot in the Battle of Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu deliberately proposed borrowing arrows (with a limit of ten days to make 100,000 arrows). The witty Zhuge Liang saw through it at a glance that it was a harmful idea. plan, but calmly said that "it only takes three days." Later, with help from a foggy day, Zhuge Liang took advantage of Cao Cao's suspicious character and mobilized a few straw boats to lure the enemy. Finally, he borrowed 100,000 arrows and accomplished a miraculous feat.

Because Zhuge Liang's courage and wisdom in "The Straw Boat Borrowing Arrows" were praised by later generations, he created many idioms, anecdotes and dramatic performances, which promoted the enlightenment and development of wisdom.

But in the official history "Three Kingdoms", it was Sun Quan who did it, and it happened not at the Battle of Chibi, but at the Battle of Ruxu in the fifth year after the Battle of Chibi.