Before walking out of Daxianbei Mountain, on a bright moonlit night, Zhi Yanchong, Cao Guangbi, Ouyang Shi, A Luman, Yang Kaiyuan, Yang Yingqi and Xiao Tienu formed brothers with different surnames, and worshiped the older Di Yu as an uncle.

Zhi Yanchong is twenty years old and is the eldest brother; Cao Guangbi is nineteen years old, second; Yang Kaiyuan, Ouyang Shi, Aluman, and Xiao Tienu are all eighteen years old, and they are arranged in order of birth month, Yang Yingqi is thirteen years old, the youngest, and he is the seventh.

Orihiko sighed: "It's a pity that the Hebule brothers are not here!" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Let's talk about it when I have the opportunity to go to the grassland in the future." ”

The three hundred Han tribes stepped out of the mountains and soon encountered scattered Jurchens. They took out mountain goods to exchange with these Jurchens, and at the same time inquired about the current situation of the Jurchens.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, the central court set up the Heishui Prefecture Governor's Mansion in the place where the Jurchen ancestors lived, with its largest tribe as the governor and the chieftains of each department as the assassins, and implemented the policy of border restraint. However, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty, and the influence of the contemporary Han regime had long since retreated to the south of Yanyun.

At this time, it was the third year of the Great Song Dynasty and the third year of Liao Tianqing. In Yang Yingqi's "dream", the Jurchens will become strong in the future, but at this time they are still under the rule of the Liao State.

In the Liao River valley under the direct rule of the Liao State, it is called "mature Jurchen", and its degree of sinicization is relatively high, and Aluman is from the mature Jurchen. Most of the mature women have settled in animal husbandry and farming as their main way of life. On the edge of the Khitans' sphere of influence, those who were still in a semi-barbaric state were called "Shengjurchen". On the one hand, the leaders of the Jurchen tribal alliance were named "jiedu envoys", and on the other hand, they were forbidden to associate with mature Jurchens. Although the Jurchens distributed between the raw and mature Jurchens were incorporated into the household registration of the Liao State, they were allowed to interact with the Jurchens and named them after the place where they were located, called "Huiba Jurchen".

The Wanyan Department of the Shengjurchen rose decades ago, and under the leadership of Wu Gu Nai, it occupied the area of the Mingtong River (the Songhua River before it merged with the Heilongjiang River, and after the confluence with the Heilongjiang River, it was still called the Mingtong River at that time), and was worshiped by the Liao State as a festival envoy, which has been passed down from generation to generation. The leader of the Wanyan tribe has a very high prestige among the Jurchens, and is the capital of the Jurchen tribes (Bo Jilie is the Jurchen language, or translated as "Baylor", which originally meant ministers and chiefs, and Du Bo Jilie is the head of the tribes), and externally led the Liao State to make it famous. At this time, it was Wu Yashu of the Wanyan Department.

In recent years, the Liao government has fallen into disrepair, and the Jurchen regime has not yet been fully established, and the situation in the northeast is quite chaotic. After the Han Department walked out of the Great Xianbei Mountain, they encountered several groups of Jurchen and Murowei bandits, although these robbers were strong, but the number was not large, the Han cavalry was well-trained, and the weapons were far superior, these Jurchen robbers were not opponents, but they were the targets of Zhe Yanchong and others to train the elite cavalry. Along the way, I saw some old and weak Jurchens, and they helped each other with food as much as they could.

Walking for more than a month, living a half-nomadic, half-gathering life, the Northeast Plain is vast and sparsely populated, although it is quite leisurely, but seeing that the rations are scarce, Yang Kaiyuan said: "It's not a way to go on like this, we have to find a place as a stronghold." ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I also know, but I haven't found a suitable place all the way!" ”

Orihiko said, "What is the right place in your mind?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "If we are neighbors with barbarians, our number is too small, and we will become barbarians in the long run." Therefore, this place must be able to make some connection with the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so that we can get books, medicine, and especially literate people. That's the first point. ”

Just hearing this, several leaders frowned, here and Song Tu are separated by a whole big Liao! Where could it pass?

Yang Yingqi continued: "Secondly, there must be minerals. It was difficult for us to build a large area of fertile land for a while, so we had to build something to exchange for food with the surrounding tribes. It's best to find iron -- these days I've observed, and the Jurchens don't use iron farming tools, or even iron weapons. Remember the bandits two days ago?