Yuan Shao fled from the capital city of Luoyang and returned to Runan County, his hometown, on the orders of his uncle.

Originally, Yuan Shao also wanted to return to his hometown and get the greatest support from his family, but what disappointed him was that Yuan Shu took the lead and brought all the family officers and soldiers to Nanyang County and became Yuan Shu's private soldiers; This greatly intensified the contradiction between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shao's hopes were disappointed, so he had to choose some young men with no combat power from the family servants to fill the façade.

Fortunately, when he escaped from the capital, two strategists, Xu You and Feng Ji, followed, and Chun Yuqiong, a military general, also followed; With their assistance, he will not be in a hurry and gradually stabilize his mind.

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, even if Yuan Shao returned to Runan County, he was not qualified to serve as the Taishou of Runan County.

Taifu Yuan Kui arranged this way, which was really a big risky element, and he gambled that Dong Zhuo did not respect the imperial court, and the scholars strongly opposed the continued implementation of the "Three Mutual Laws". However, he won the bet, not only did the scholars support him, but Dong Zhuo also successfully approved Yuan Shao's appointment as the Taishou of Runan County.

Since then, the "Three Mutual Laws" have become like decorations, so that the number of people who have served as taishou and county magistrates in the county of birth has gradually increased.

The reason why Taifu Yuan Kui arranged it this way was that he valued the wealth of Runan County, and if Yuan Shao used this place as his foundation, he would soon be able to develop and successfully occupy Yuzhou, go north to seize Yanzhou, and even go east to capture Xuzhou.

Runan County, Yuzhou, has 37 counties under its jurisdiction, with 461,587 households and 2,596,148 mouths; Densely populated and very affluent. :

When the imperial court appointed the holy decree arrived, Yuan Shao was very happy and appointed Xu You as the county minister, and Feng Ji served as the military advisor to help take care of all the affairs in the county; Chun Yuqiong was responsible for recruiting, training, and leading troops, and arranged all his three sons and nephews to serve in the army.

At this time, although the Runan Yellow Turban Army experienced many blows from the government, as soon as the officers and soldiers came, they absconded to neighboring states and counties, and as soon as the officers and soldiers withdrew, they made a comeback, so that the number of each Yellow Turban Army was only tens of thousands, but there were many units, so that it was easy to transfer and conceal, and did not attract the attention of the government.

Now Yuan Shao is a lack of qualified, as well as experienced soldiers, Feng Ji suggested that the Yellow Turban Thieves be cleaned up first, and recruit and co-opt them to strengthen their own strength, Yuan Shao accepted Feng Ji's suggestion, and arranged for Feng Ji and Chun Yuqiong to be fully responsible for dealing with the Yellow Turban Thieves.

Yuan Shao and Xu You are actively dealing with the relationship with the major families in the county, gaining their support, and actively recruiting talents to strengthen their own strength.

At this time, the name of the fourth and third dukes quickly worked and achieved gratifying results, and the situation became more and more favorable to Yuan Shao.

Wang Kuang, the deposed Taishou of Hanoi County, did not arrange a place for the imperial court, and thousands of officers and soldiers under his command could not be placed, if it was left to the champion Hou, Wang Kuang was reluctant, at this time, Yuan Shao was appointed as the Taishou of Runan County, which made Wang Kuang extremely excited, and immediately sent someone to contact Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was very happy when he received the information, announced that he would accept all of them, and promised that the treatment of all officers and soldiers would only increase, not decrease.

Wang Kuang happily led the army south to Runan County, with a total of more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, more than 3,000 Taishan infantry who can fight well, more than 1,000 Taishan crossbowmen and more than 3,000 cavalry who have experienced the test of Liangzhou war.

Wang Kuang's personality is bold and righteous, he is not stingy with money, he is keen to give a large amount of money to others, he is good to his subordinates and officers and soldiers, and he is very loved by his subordinates, so the generals Han Hao and Fang Yue all brought their families and followed them south.

Due to the rush of time, he had to evacuate Hanoi County before the arrival of the army of the Champion Hou, and fearing retaliation from the Champion Hou, Wang Kuang only carried the money and food that the army consumed for a month.

With the addition of Wang Kuang's army, Yuan Shao's strength suddenly increased greatly, and in the next war against the Yellow Turban Thieves, he won successive battles and achieved fruitful results.

With the support of the local county family, Chun Yuqiong killed the thief leader Huang Shao, recruited his people, Fang Yue speared Qu Shuai to death "Intercepting the Sky Yaksha" He Man, and He Yi led his troops to surrender; The other thieves fled with their men one after another.

Runan County stabilized, Yuan Shao won the support of the big family and the people, and more importantly, more than 20,000 officers and soldiers were recruited, these soldiers are veterans who have survived many years of war, and they have very rich battlefield experience; Put on brand new armor, strengthen military training, and strictly enforce military discipline, so that it can quickly grow into a strong army that can fight well.

At the beginning of the Sour Jujube Alliance, Yuan Shao was very anxious and had been waiting for his uncle's arrangement.

At the end of December, a secret letter from his uncle finally came, which made Yuan Shao overjoyed.

Yuzhou Mu Han Fu completely received the team of Yuanzhou Mu Huang Wan, and the army under the jurisdiction of the State Pastor was trained by Lu Bu, and experienced the baptism of war against the Yellow Turban Thieves, and its combat effectiveness was very strong.

According to the plan, Yuzhou Mu Hanfu must be mobilized to participate in the alliance, hoping to weaken the strength of Yuzhou Mu Hanfu through the war with Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shaohao took the opportunity to seize the territory of Yuzhou.

Yuan Shao's military strength has increased a lot now, but he is still not the opponent of Yuzhou Mu Hanfu, so he can only adopt this strategy of killing people with a knife.

At this time, the state pastor Han Fu couldn't make up his mind, whether to go to the alliance or not? It's hard to choose, but it's easy to understand for the following reasons:

1. From the perspective of official business: Yuan Shao and other people who called for the alliance had three secret edicts in their hands, and united with Han Fu to attack Dong Zhuo, which was justified; And Dong Zhuo is in charge of the court, he is the minister of the Han Dynasty, and attacking Dong Zhuo is rebelling against the court, making it difficult for him to choose.

2. From the perspective of personal feelings: Han Fu used to be a protégé of the Yuan family, but now his position as the highest governor of Yuzhou was arranged by Dong Zhuo, and both sides were kind to him, and it was not good to choose no matter what.

3. From the perspective of the core "personal interests": Han Fu only hopes to maintain his current position and does not hit Dong Zhuo's motivation.

In this case, if anyone is assertive, it will be too arbitrary, and it will not be far from elimination. It is normal for Han Fu to have no opinions, and the wiser way is to first blend into the revolutionary ranks to see the situation, and fall to whichever side is stronger, so as not to suffer losses.

Therefore, Yuan Shao sent people to contact Zhou Mu Han Fu several times in a row to participate in the alliance, but he was prevaricated for various reasons.

At the beginning of the first month, Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang County, led 20,000 elite soldiers to make a detour from Yanzhou to Runan County, which greatly increased Yuan Shao's strength and confidence; and adopted Xu You's suggestion to plot against Han Fu's staff, and they mobilized Han Fu to participate in the alliance, which was implemented by Xu You himself.

Now, Yuan Shao did not need the support of the governor Han Fu with money and food, so the task was much simpler, and the only thing left was to mobilize Han Fu to participate in the alliance and take the opportunity to weaken his strength.

Xu You lived up to Yuan Shao's trust, and soon got along with Han Fu's other drivers and rulers, and had a close relationship, and they came forward to lobby Han Fu, with obvious results, and Han Fu finally agreed to participate in the Sour Jujube Alliance together to fight Dong Zhuo.

When the news came, Yuan Shao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally achieved his uncle's long-term plan, only one step away from success.

Subsequently, the three-way army of Yuzhou set off and marched towards Yanzhou sour jujube.

Due to the delay caused by the mobilization of the state pastor Han Fu, the time for Yuan Shao's army to arrive in Sujube lagged behind Yuan Shu's army in Nanyang County, which was farther away.

Yuzhou Mu Hanfu was listed as the eleventh prince of the alliance, Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Runan County, was the twelfth prince, and Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang County, was listed as the thirteenth prince.

The princes will join the jujube garden, the momentum is huge, and it shocks the world.