After hearing this, Gongsun Zan and all the other princes agreed, and Yuan Shao saw that all the princes responded to his orders and continued.
"In ancient times, when troops and horses were not moving, food and grass went first. Today, my brother Yuan Shu is appointed as the governor of the joint army's food and grass. He is responsible for the supply of food and grass to each camp. There must be no shortage."
Although Yuan Shu was dissatisfied with Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, he still agreed at this moment.
"In addition, one person is needed to be the vanguard of the Allied forces, to open roads across mountains, build bridges across rivers, guard dangerous locations on the road, and go straight to Sishui Pass to challenge the large Allied forces."
Gongsun Zan knew that Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, Marquis of Wucheng, would nominate himself to be the vanguard at this time, but Gongsun Zan decided to snatch the position of vanguard.
Since we have decided to make a name for ourselves in this battle of alliance between princes to challenge Dong, we must create a momentum to challenge Dong. We cannot blindly conserve our strength and follow the various princes, as this will violate the original intention of this trip.
Gongsun Zan wanted to let the princes and the people of the world know that he, Gongsun Zan, the governor of Peking, had the world in mind and was a real man.
In this way, even if there are losses in the battle between the princes against Dong, the reputation will be spread, which will be of great help in recruiting talents in the future, and they will be able to make a comeback soon.
Gongsun Zan was eager to make a name for himself in the war between the princes against Dong. The root cause was that he was not of high birth.
If you want to achieve hegemony, if you don't have enough reputation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, you will easily hit a wall wherever you go.
Thinking about Yuan Shao, after the fourth generation and the third Duke, his disciples and old officials spread all over the world, and his reputation spread throughout the country. This name alone gave him the confidence to show swords against Dong Zhuo in the palace, although Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Yuan Shao.
However, he was afraid that the consequences of killing Yuan Shao would be too great and arouse the opposition of those wealthy families, so he had no choice but to let him go and also had to appoint a Bohai governor to appease those wealthy families.
Besides, Cao Cao was originally a eunuch and was not liked by the nobles. However, he single-handedly assassinated Dong and carried out imperial edicts to attack Dong. He was known to be loyal and righteous, so not long after he raised his army to attack Dong, he had many generals and many wise men. This also gave him the confidence to confront Yuan Shao head-on.
There is also Liu Bei, although he was just a mat weaver and shoe seller at the beginning. However, with the reputation of being a descendant of the Han Dynasty and having unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, all the people came to his heart wherever he went. He united with Wu to fight against Cao, and across Jingyi, he was able to gain one-third of the world.
Although Gongsun Zan was the prefect of Peiping at the beginning, and Baima Yicong was powerful in the north of Saibei, but he did it entirely by fighting bravely on his own, and he did not have the support of a family like Yuan Shao.
He was not from a distinguished background, had no advantages, and was not well-known in the Central Plains. He lacked the support of the noble family, so there were no capable people to join him.
Compared with the number of advisers and generals under Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, unfortunately in history, Gongsun Zan did not have anyone who could take action even to the death.
This also led to the historical duel between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao. Although he had the advantage at the beginning, due to the lack of talent resources such as counselors and generals, he was defeated repeatedly, eventually leading to defeat and self-immolation.
In this generation, Gongsun Zan did not want to repeat the mistakes of history. The first thing he wanted to do was to become famous all over the world and spread the name of benevolence and righteousness throughout the world.
Once you have a reputation, the rest will become easier, including recruiting talents, building walls and accumulating food, and slowly becoming king.
Then sit back and watch the princes attack each other, while Gongsun Zan slowly encroaches on the world. When the strength is accumulated to a certain level, the world can be decided in one battle.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan stood up and walked out of the queue.
"Although Zan is not talented, he is willing to be the vanguard of the Allied forces!"
