In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang and Lu Su came up with the idea and implemented it

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms·Wu Shu·The Second Biography of Lord Wu" Pei Song's annotation, in the 18th year of Jian'an (AD In the first month of 213 AD), Cao Cao and Sun Quan faced off against each other in Ruxu (a section of the waterway where West Chao Lake enters the Yangtze River in Chao County, Anhui today). In the first battle, Cao's army was defeated and could not hold on. One day, Sun Quan took advantage of the mist on the water and took a light boat to break into Cao Jun's front line from Ruxukou to observe Cao Jun's deployment. Sun Quan's canoe traveled five or six miles, and the drums and drums were beating. However, Cao Cao was suspicious by nature. Seeing the power of Sun Jun's purge, he was afraid of fraud and did not dare to fight. He sighed and said: "I should have a son like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son has the ears of a pig!" "Subsequently, Cao Cao ordered all bows and crossbows to fire at the Wu ship. After a while, Sun Quan's boat tilted due to too many arrows on one side, and was in danger of capsizing. Sun Quan ordered the ship to be turned around so that the other side would receive another arrow. After a while, the arrows were all leveled, and Sun Jun returned safely. Only then did Cao Cao realize that he had been fooled.

It can be seen that it was not Zhuge Liang who "borrowed arrows from a straw boat", but Sun Quan, and this happened five years after the Battle of Chibi.