[citation needed] The Sikhs were planning to wage dharamyudh against the city of Sirhind, its governor Wazir Khan and dewan Sucha Nand, to avenge Mughal oppression and the execution of the two young children of Guru Gobind Singh.

[13] Both the troops of Baba Banda Singh and Wazir Khan faced each other at a village called Chappar Chiri.

[citation needed] Before the battle began, Wazir Khan and Sucha Nand sent Sucha Nand's nephew with 1000 men to Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in a plot to deceive the Sikhs, by falsely claiming to have deserted the Mughals and to join the Sikhs for their cause.

[13] Wazir Khan had a large well-armed army, which included the Ghazis, along with a number of artillery, musketeers, and war elephants.

[citation needed] On the other hand, Banda Singh's army was ill-equipped with long spears, arrows, swords, without artillery and elephants and insufficient amount of horses.