In Lord Qin's perspective, the strategy for this battle was as follows:
First, he had sent a batch of warhorses across the Yellow River to be pastured on the northern bank's sandbar.
He deliberately let out through spies the information that "Liang Army's warhorses will soon run out of grass and will need to pasture north of the Yellow River," to make Dou Jiande think that the Qin Army temporarily could not mobilize cavalry to come and confront him in a decisive battle.
But at the opportune moment, he would secretly transport this batch of warhorses back and launch a fierce attack.
Second, he would still hold his position firmly to blunt their sharpness.
Once Dou Jiande's army, arrayed beyond the Si River, began to lose morale, he would send a general to probe from north to south, sweeping past the forces of Lors Xia's army.
If Lors Xia's army remained steady as an old dog, without moving, then the troops would pull back.
