Cao Cao loses more than one hundred and seventy-seven thousand arrows. Zhuge Liang returns to the Southern Screen Hills, where he counts the arrows and finds that he has obtained more than one hundred and twenty-seven thousand arrows. The reason why there is a discrepancy of fifty thousand arrows is that not every arrow hit the boats, some of them fell into the water. Zhuge Liang goes to see Zhou Yu and returns the token of authority. Zhou Yu is filled with true admiration for Zhuge Liang, and invites him to the back tent to discuss strategies to defeat Cao Cao. When it turns out that Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang both write the character for fire in the palm of their hands, they laugh heartily.
快回頭。猛然戰鼓聲發作，魯肅昏暈過去，曹操水寨以亂箭擋之。派人稟報曹操，本欲出兵迎戰，因一天大霧不能出戰，只有多派弓箭隊阻擋江東來船。