In the 11th century, the Mongolian steppe was still covered by a large area of primeval forest, and even the grassland with fertile and beautiful water rarely appeared tribes.

This is because the Mongolian tribes at this time were not strong enough to reach the level of Weijia, the population was scattered, the land owned by the tribes was even less due to the population problem, and there were some tribes that were a little farther away, and they were still in the era of hunting for a living.

Therefore, the seizure of the population has become the main goal of the struggle between the tribes.

The transition from the forest to the steppe was supposed to be an important watershed for the Mongolian tribes to become stronger and stronger, and because of this, the original clan system could not adapt to the development of the new form, and the change from clans to tribes became the general trend.

During the Liao Dynasty, the settled Mongol tribes became more and more closely connected with the Central Plains, and the Central Plains culture was not mentioned for the time being, and the import of iron tools completely changed their way of life, and with the increase of tribal wealth, private ownership began to develop.

Bayan means rich in Mongolian, and the head of the tribe is held by the rich, which is naturally very suitable.

They inherited the hereditary system of the Central Plains, Bayan served as the head of the tribe, and their descendants were the leaders for generations, so that the society was divided into two parts, one was Nayan, which means nobility in Mongolian, and the other part was the Alayu who was attached to the nobility, somewhat similar to the doorman or domestic slave during the Warring States period of the Central Plains.

The people who had been seized by war became the permanent wealth of the victors, possessed for generations, and these people also had a proper name, called Zivor. Of course, this is all transliteration, and the translation is similar to the meaning of house slave.

With power and wealth comes the need for an army to protect or rob. The powerful people had their own private army, called Nakan, and the chief also organized a defense army, called Woboqi, which was very difficult to call, also because it was Mongolian.

After years of conquest, the Mongol tribes gradually formed several relatively large branches, and the various tribes united together to form a relatively loose alliance, and the leader of the alliance was Gebule, called Khan (in fact, the word "Khan" is not pronounced han, but is similar to the word "shan" in Shan Yuzhong, which should be read as qan).

Who is Goebler? He was the great-grandfather of the future famous Genghis Khan!

Gebler also has a brother named Ningkun, and there are a lot of inexplicable embellishments in front of this name, and there is no need to delve into what it means.

Why mention him? Because his descendants were divided into two of the most powerful tribes, one of which was the Qiyan clan and the other was the Wuchi clan. The leader of the Qiyan nobles, Erjin-Sugai, was the father of Genghis Khan Temujin. The other tribe, the Wuchi clan, was divided several times because of the lack of male strength, and formed the later Wuchi three tribes, namely the Keli tribe, the Chachili tribe and the Yahan tribe, which were divided and combined, and always hovered on the edge of gathering and scattering, and its strength became the weakest part of the several nobles.

All three tribes contributed to the future unification of Mongolia by Temujin, who were assisted by the leader of the Kli tribe, Wang Khan, and the head of the Chachili tribe, Zamuhe, who became Anda, or brothers with different surnames. Of course, in the face of a power struggle, brothers will turn against each other in the future, which is another matter.

There is a relative differentiality, and that is the Yahan Division. When Temujin formed the alliance, he invited the leaders of the three tribes, and although the Yahan tribe also sent representatives, it was only symbolic, indicating that I stood with you, and in the later crusade to the east and west, the Yahan tribe only did some simple logistics work, and always maintained a state of imminent separation. By the time Temujin unified Mongolia and became Genghis Khan, the Yahan tribe had completely disappeared, and there are few records of them in today's historical sources.

Zhao Tianci set out from Shangjing, all the way to the west, crossing the Wang Ji Thorn and Tatar tribes, and completely defeated the two major tribes that were already greatly injured, most of the Wang Ji Thorn tribes surrendered, the rest were killed, and the remnants of the Tatar tribe crossed the Longju River (Krulun River) into the Mongolian headquarters and disappeared into the vast grassland.

Zhao Tianci, Yue Fei, and Han Shizhong gathered on the side of the Yeliguna River (Erguna River) and prepared to enter the grassland desert.

At this time, it was the middle of winter, and the soldiers were already limited in the cold, and they were no longer suitable for combat. The three of them discussed in detail, and finally decided that Yue Fei and Han Shizhong would be stationed in the original Tatar Division, and he would go deep into Mongolia to investigate the situation, and then make some arrangements in a timely manner, and when the flowers bloom in the spring of the next year, they will enter the grassland with the army.

At this time, the Mongolian steppe did not have the word "Mongolia", and if it was said that it was the center of the Menggusi Department. In the northeastern part of it is one of the three tribes, the Chachili tribe, which lives by the Wo Nan River. To the northwest is the Balakhu region, near Lake Baikal. To the west is Morgibe, where three rivers meet: the Cheliangge, Woerhan and Tuwula rivers, which will be the future capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. The Yakhan tribe is located between the Balakhu and Morgi tribes, on the southern side of Lake Baikal.

In the south, there is another tribe among the three tribes, the Keli tribe, which inherits the Woerhan River and lives along the Wangji River, which is also the largest of all the tribes.

Zhao Tianci did not choose to cross the Longju River directly into the Mongolian headquarters, but made a detour to the south and entered the vast steppe at the southern end of the Keli tribe.

The reason why he did this was because it was from here that the eight-color camp of Hongya and the others entered Mongolia.

At this time, the prairie was full of decay. The grass leaves are withered and yellow, the ground is thousands of miles away, and there is snow everywhere, and it is really uninhabited for thousands of miles.

Zhao Tianci didn't bring anyone, and entered the vast desert single-handedly.

Yue Fei and Han Shizhong both knew that he had special abilities, and they didn't worry about any safety problems he would have, but it would become a burden if they brought too many people, anyway, if they wanted to communicate, they could do it at any time, so they let him go with confidence.

For a period of time, Zhao Tianci has indeed been very busy. Liuli successfully became the empress of the Jin Kingdom, and Zhao Tianci also saw the "iron-faced empress" for the first time, she "borrowed" 100,000 troops from him, personally led the command, and slaughtered the Jili Mi and Huli Reform Department cleanly, which was really cut down and eradicated. Then he forcibly issued an edict by thunderous means, and all the territories under the jurisdiction of the Jin State were included in the Song court, the name of the Jin State was cancelled, and it was changed to the Jin State, which was added to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty as a separate part, and was subject to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty and accepted the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, the word "Jinbang" was also thought up by Zhao Tianci for her.

After the situation calmed down, Liuli pestered Zhao Tianci all day long, wanting to give him a "son". This really made him ineffective, and his ruthless moves couldn't be used on these two sisters, so he could only deal with it carefully, and it was miserable. In the end, it was Yue Fei and Han Shizhong who arrived and relieved him.

When he came to the Jinmeng border, he tried to get in touch with Hong Aya and the others countless times, but the eight of them seemed to sink into the sea, and there was no movement, which made him extremely worried. When I saw this endless desolation and ruin, the anxiety in my heart became even heavier. He began to regret that he should not have let them into the Mongolian steppe with a paper order.

However, there is another thing that makes him feel at ease, on the grassland now, in addition to the frozen thousands of miles of desolation and uninhabited, there are no dangerous places such as swamps and quagmires, with their foot strength, as Granny Meng said, it may not be a problem to travel 800 miles at night.

According to Granny Meng, the location of Yelu Dashi should be the border between Mongolia and Tibet, and it should be closer to the west. However, at this time, not only was there no "Meng", but there was not even "Tibet", and there was only a place called Xiliao. In fact, this is also something that Zhao Tianci only understood later, the so-called Western Liao is the Western Liao Dynasty established by Yelu Dashi.

If Zhao Tianci goes in that direction, it is good that he will enter the sphere of influence of the Kli Ministry, but it is closer to the border of the Western Xia, and compared with the seeming control of the border by the Kli Ministry, the Western Xia is more tightly defended.

Therefore, when Zhao Tianci entered the barren meadow, when he saw the endless desert on the left, if Wan Linggen hadn't reminded him in time, he really wanted to retreat.

The Tengger Desert was blocked out of the territory of the Western Xia Kingdom by a Helan Mountain, which became a natural barrier to the west, which was also an important support for the survival of the Western Xia Kingdom.

After weighing it repeatedly, Zhao Tianci and Yue Fei and Han Shizhong decided to send a special envoy to Western Xia to explain the situation in the world at this time and see what trade-offs they made.

At this time, the Western Xia, it was the time when Chongzong Li Qianshun was in power, and Li Qianshun, who was 52 years old at the time, experienced his biological mother Liang's ****, and was 16 years old until now, more than 30 years have passed, although he is over fifty years old, but his body is still very strong, so he also ambitiously plans to prepare to go south and take Xining Prefecture (Xining City, Qinghai Province) as his own.

Of course, it can't be said that he doesn't know the height of the sky, wishful thinking, or anything like that, because not long ago, he had just captured the Dingbian Army in the Song Dynasty and extended his border to the east.

It's just that what he didn't know was that at that time, Zhao Tianci was mobilizing the whole country's troops to concentrate on the Northern Expedition, and he didn't take him seriously at all, and now that the general situation of the Jin Kingdom has been decided, the crown prince Zhao Cong sent the general Wu Jie.

The reason why Li Qianshun dared to ******** expansion to the south and east was because he had been friends with the Klee Ministry in the north for many years and had no worries about border defense, and another important reason was that "the Song State was too weak"!

Of course, his judgment was ridiculously wrong. When he received the note from Song Ting, he really didn't take it seriously. He also arranged for informants in the Jin Kingdom, and there was no news that the Jin Kingdom had been destroyed at all, so Li Qianshun only thought that it was the Song people who scared him. (To be continued.) )