In the first year of Chuping, the first ** year of A.D., and the second day of the second month of February, Yuan Shao raised troops in Nanpi and announced a crusade against Dong Zhuo!

Almost at the same time, Jizhou Mu Han Fu, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, Chen Liucao Cao announced the start of the army, and said that only Yuan Shao was the first to look forward!

A few days later, the princes and heroes of the world took this opportunity to raise troops one after another, preparing to chase the deer plain! The Han family can no longer be revived, and the heroes are competing for the deer, and the emphasis is on participation! Even if you can't stand on behalf of Han, at least you can make some capital. Moreover, the idea of great unification in this era has not yet been consolidated, and there are not a few people who attempt to divide one side and claim hegemony.

For example, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, both of whom were appointed as state pastors before Liu Hong's death, had just taken office, and they were both royal relatives. Liu Hong originally hoped that the foreign feudal clan would have a few clans to respond to Emperor Yang, thinking that it was foreign aid! But the two themselves naturally did not think so.

Zhuang Shaoyou continued to remain silent in Puyang, everything went according to plan, and he had to finish two things first!

After the princes of all walks of life announced the start of their troops, it would take a period of preparation, and this time was when all parties were making their final efforts. For example, Dong Zhuo vigorously wooed some local princes and promised various conditions to try to weaken the strength of the coalition army; On the other hand, he also transferred troops from Xiliang, Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min has been recruiting troops in Xiliang since last year, and he has also produced 20,000 horses in the past few months, and he has achieved remarkable results. Dong Zhuo immediately mobilized this group of men and horses into Beijing to prepare for a big battle with the princes.

Soon, the time entered the end of February, and this year's spring seemed to come very early, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River began to thaw at the end of February. The fields in Taishan County and Juye County under Zhuang Shaoyou's jurisdiction began to thaw, and they could be cultivated in a few days. Knowing this situation, Zhuang Shaoyou immediately made a decision and prepared for spring ploughing in advance!

In fact, the preparations have been done a long time ago, and there are not many things to be busy after the New Year, mainly to prepare for the spring ploughing in March, so although it is a little advanced, it is not in a hurry.

On the third day of the first month of March, the first hoe of this year's spring ploughing was excavated on the Wenping plain of Taishan County. With the support of southern Liaoning and the reasonable dispatch of Zhuge Jin, the spring ploughing work in Taishan County went very smoothly.

The remnants of Mount Tai are all out of the climate, especially Zhuang Shaoyou's thunderous means in Mount Tai last winter made the Mount Tai thieves frightened, and they didn't dare to come out to make trouble, and the tens of thousands of people hiding in the mountains also went down the mountain one after another to take refuge after hearing about the policies of Mount Tai County, and Zhuge Jin did not refuse to come!

Moreover, once the three major forces of Mount Tai are gone, the vacated territory is much larger, the people are also gone, and the survival pressure of the bandits is much less.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Juye County and Puyang County began spring ploughing. The territory of Juye County is mainly the island in the middle of the lake and the country of Dongping. went to Dongdongping County to guard the head of Zhuang Shaoyou, and the big and small officials turned over the case one by one, as long as there is a way to die, they will all be beheaded! As a result, the officials of Dongping County were killed seven or eight times out of ten, the surrounding princes were shocked, and the people applauded! Then Zhuang Shaoyou directly merged Dongping Kingdom into Juye County and handed it over to Xun Yu to take care of. As a result, the arable land in Juye County has expanded considerably, but the population has also doubled to 200,000.

On the eighth day of the first month of March, the southeast plain of Liaoning finally thawed, and Guoyuan, in accordance with Zhuang Shaoyou's instructions, mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized, reasoned with the people, moved them with affection, and lured them to benefit, and mobilized the county's 250,000 people to carry out spring ploughing.

The princes were also busy growing grain on their own territory, and grain was the most important thing. Therefore, the princes, who had never cared about agriculture in the past, also began to pay attention to it. There is no other reason, in the past, there was no need to care about the life and death of the people, but now it is different, to fight the world, it is the people and the land that you want to win. If there are no people, who will oppress the dynasty in the future? Moreover, this time, the number of troops under his command has surged, and there are more people to feed, and the demand for food is naturally much greater, and it is still clear how many catties and taels there are in his own grain depot, so farming is very important, and the people who farm also become important by the way!

At the beginning of March, when most of the people in the Han world were busy farming, Dong Zhuo was uncomfortable, because Dong Zhuo didn't farm!

What kind of fields to plant? That's someone else's business! When the crops are ripe, just grab them, why bother with that effort?

After more than ten days of busyness, the spring ploughing of the four counties to which Zhuang Shaoyou belonged was basically completed.

Due to the full mobilization work, the relatively obedient people, and the abundant animal power in southern Liaoning, an additional 40,000 hectares of wheat fields have been cultivated on the basis of last year's 10,000 hectares of wheat fields, and the total number has reached 100,000 hectares! It accounts for half of all cultivated land in southern Liaoning! The results are impressive!

In the Wenping Plains of Taishan County, Zhuge Jin has a good schedule, coupled with sufficient manpower, although the animal power is not enough, but thousands of hectares of fields are still reclaimed. The reason is very simple, the people who are poor and hungry in the mountains can finally return to their old business, and after having arable fields, they are all excited and full of enthusiasm! The 5,000 men and horses hired could not interfere in the affairs of the fields at all, but were scattered everywhere to protect the spring ploughing.

The 200,000 people in Juye County under Xun Yu's rule are also in a good mood under the new policy incentives, and the land in Juye County is extremely fertile and easy to cultivate, and many fields are ready-made and easy to cultivate, so the total number has reached 10,000 hectares, which is also a remarkable achievement.

In addition to the counties and towns below, the 240,000 people in Puyang City cultivated 40,000 hectares of fields around Puyang, and 10,000 hectares of military tun fields, a total of only 50,000 hectares! Although the land around Puyang is fertile, it is useless to cultivate more, and Puyang will definitely encounter a baptism of war in the future, and these 50,000 hectares may not be able to hold out until the autumn harvest. Therefore, there is no need to waste that energy, and it is enough to keep the 50,000 hectares that can supply the population of the city.

However, the terrain of Dongjun is long and narrow, and the northeastern part is the Yanzhou Thorn History Department, which is Liu Dai's territory. Therefore, Zhuang Shaoyou could only give up helplessly, as for the people scattered around, Zhuang Shaoyou informed them to gather in the county seat or Puyang, but with little effect. The people's attachment to the land is indescribable, so Zhuang Shaoyou can't persuade him, and when the big war starts, they will know that it will be powerful, but the price is not low!

In this spring ploughing, the number of fields in the four counties reached 270,000 hectares, which is not too much, but it is by no means small! If it weren't for the limited arable land in Juye and Taishan counties, and the serious threat of war in Dongjun, coupled with the lack of animal power in the three counties, otherwise greater achievements would have been achieved!

Half a month of busyness, nearly a million people in the territory are smiling, there has not been such a hearty ploughing for a long time! Moreover, according to the new policy, the old land is exempt from paying taxes, while the newly cultivated land can fully obtain the ownership of the land as long as it pays three years of land tax! Especially in the two places of Juye County and Taishan County, the enthusiasm of the people is very high.

After a major event was completed, Zhuang Shaoyou was also relieved.

However, then I began to worry again, because the sky is not beautiful!

In March, the spring ploughing was completed one after another, but the spring rain that people were looking forward to was slow to fall, Zhuang Shaoyou was also anxious and abnormal, and the starry sky was also bright at night, not like a sign of rain. If the germination period of the seedlings does not catch up with a spring rain, then this year's harvest can not be expected!

Not only Zhuang Shaoyou's territory, but also the entire original land, including Sili, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Jingbei, Xuzhou, Yongzhou, Youzhou, after the beginning of spring, the drop of water has not fallen! It's really raining! Last year's flood, this year's spring drought, coupled with the rebellion of the heroes, God is testing the patience of the Chinese nation!

Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!

This is the instruction given by Zhuang Shaoyou.

The four counties of the whole people went into battle, the spring drought has endangered the foundation of southern Liaoning, so it must be paid enough attention, under the organization of officials, the people have begun to save themselves, fortunately, there are a lot of water sources near these four counties, especially Juye County, which was the least affected by the disaster.

The princes were ready to send troops to attack Dong, but a sudden drought was stumbling their footsteps, and last year's waterlogging had already made them taste all the hardships.

Dong Zhuo is waiting left and right in Luoyang, Luoyang has long been prepared, just waiting for the fight! But the princes of all walks of life have not moved? Is farming that fun? How did you become addicted? Is it still going to be a fight?

At the end of March, everything that can be done has been done, and the rest depends on God's will! Therefore, the princes of all walks of life began to raise troops and advance towards Luoyang. As long as you have an advantage in the big game of chess, the loss caused by the spring drought can be made up for by others!

On the first day of the fourth month, the princes met in Chenliu sour jujube, and under the push of Han Fu, Yuan Yi and other princes of the Eight Roads, Yuan Shao overwhelmed the crowd and became the leader of the alliance! Yuan Shu was very angry about this, but he was helpless!

Publicly announced that there were a total of eighteen princes in response to the rebellion against Dong Wei:

The first town, the later general, Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, 30,000 horses!

The second town, Jizhou Mu Hanfu, 20,000 people!

The third town, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, 15,000 people!

The fourth town, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, 10,000 people!

The fifth town, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang, 8,000 people!

In the first town, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, 5,000 people!

The seventh town, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, 3,000 people!

The eighth town, Shanyang Taishou Yuan's legacy, 10,000 people!

The first town, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, three thousand elite soldiers!

The tenth town, Beihai Taishou Kongrong, thousands of people!

The eleventh town, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, five thousand people!

The twelfth town, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian, 15,000 people!

The thirteenth town, Xiliang is too guarded by Ma Teng, five thousand iron horses!

The fourteenth town, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, 15,000 elite soldiers!

The fifteenth town, the party guards Zhang Yang, 10,000 people!

The tenth town, Wucheng Hou Changsha guards Sun Jian, 5,000 people!

The seventeenth town, Hou Bohai of Qixiang guarded Yuan Shao, 30,000 people!

The eighteenth town, Cao Cao, the initiator of Dong Wei, has 5,000 people!

But there were only thirteen ways to arrive at Chen Liu's participation in the alliance!

Ma Teng was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the Taishou of Xiliang, although he announced the start of the army, he did not participate in the alliance, but only fought in Xiliang. Zhang Yang, the Taishou of the Shangdang, had a very good relationship with Lu Bu, although he also took the opportunity to raise troops, but he did not participate in the alliance. Beihai was too guarded by Kong Rong and took the opportunity to raise troops, but Beihai was overwhelmed by the Yellow Turban Army and could not send troops at all! Xuzhou Assassin Shi Taoqian raised troops in Xiapi, but reached an agreement with Dong Zhuo privately and moved to Xuzhou Mu, but did not participate in the coalition army. And Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao responded to the call, but he did not send troops because he had already attached Zhuang Shaoyou!

Therefore, the total strength of the princes of the Thirteenth Route reached 100,000, and Yuan Shao had the most supporters, Gongsun Zhan had the strongest combat power, and Yuan Shu had the highest official position! There will inevitably be some friction between the three.

As for Dong Zhuo, the number of people in the headquarters has reached 50,000! There are also 30,000 soldiers and horses of various warlords in Xiliang who are attached to it, and the Xiliang soldiers have reached 80,000, and 15,000 of them are elite iron cavalry! Lu Bu had 23,000 men and horses, of which 3,000 were Bingzhou iron cavalry, and 20,000 were newly recruited forbidden troops.

Dong Zhuo's total number of soldiers and horses has also reached more than 100,000! Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang soldiers is relatively strong, and the overall strength of the princes' coalition army has a slight upper hand.