Still others believe that the Kipchaks accepted the enemies of the Genghis Khan clan- the Merkits.
What has been added lately, consists of Russian troops,
Circassians, Kipchaks, Madjars and others who are attached to them.".
Ibn al-Asir also talks about this battle, adding that the Mongols"took from the Kipchaks twice as much as they had before.".
Having captured Shemakha and Derbent,
the Mongols fought through the lands of Lezghins and entered the Alans' possessions, to which the Kipchaks(Polovtsy) came to help.
Instead, the Mongols go even further North, driving before them the Kipchaks and trying to squeeze them to some natural obstacle,
a large river, the sea, the mountains.
Instead, the Mongols go even further north, chasing the Kipchaks in front of them and trying to squeeze them to some kind of natural barrier-
a large river, the sea, mountains.