Perhaps to outsiders, Wang Xuan's fiefs granted to Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan seemed far too vague and illusory, but from the inside, they were no problem at all.
Whether it was the Southern Xiongnu entrenched in the Hetao Region or the Wuhuan people north of Liaodong, neither had ever been taken seriously by Liu Bei's faction.
Even now, even relying solely on the forces Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan had in their own hands, they could contend with the two great barbarian tribes, let alone with Liu Bei backing them.
The only reason they had not taken action yet was to stabilize the various problems in their newly occupied territories. Once they had their hands free, those barbarian tribes could be wiped out with a flip of the hand. In fact, after unifying the Central Plains throughout the dynasties, every regime had thoroughly cleaned up the grasslands: the Great Han against the Xiongnu, the Great Tang against the Turks, and the Great Ming against the Mongols.
Of course, the Great Song was not included... Zhao Kuangyin: "Is this my fault?!"
After Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan received their fiefs, quite a few people shifted their gazes toward Wang Xuan, wanting to see his reaction. After all, although Wang Xuan's reward was the greatest under Liu Bei, it was nowhere near the rewards given to Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan.
That was not to say Wang Xuan's contributions were inferior to those of the three men. It was just like opening a company: after a large company acquired a small one, it still had to give the other party a portion of the shares. After all, they had brought their own capital into the deal.
Of course, Wang Xuan had also entered with troops at the beginning, and his forces