Wang Xuan had not issued any orders to the army recently. Instead, he temporarily had the troops camp here and rest. One reason was to keep watch over the Goguryeo slaves, but more importantly, he was waiting for the intelligence personnel to gather a complete picture of Liaodong Commandery.
He had not paid much attention to this area before. Only after arriving did he discover that the situation here was rather complicated.
He had originally assumed that everything east of the Wuhuan people was occupied by the Goguryeo, but he suddenly discovered that there were, in fact, quite a few Han people here.
The nominal Administrator of Liaodong Commandery was currently Gongsun Du. In 190, on Xu Rong's recommendation, Dong Zhuo appointed Gongsun Du as Administrator. Gongsun Du was indeed talented. After taking office, he strictly enforced harsh laws, suppressed the power of the clans, and made the administration function smoothly, steadily expanding his influence. When Dong Zhuo's rebellion broke out, Gongsun Du took the opportunity to continue eastward, attacking Goguryeo, strike west at the Wuhuan, and seize the Liaodong Peninsula to the south. Afterward, he declared himself Marquis of Liaodong and Shepherd of Ping Province.
In other words, Wang Xuan had now run straight into the territory of someone who called himself the Marquis of Liaodong!
Although this Marquis of Liaodong struck Wang Xuan as laughable, unless absolutely necessary, Wang Xuan could not be bothered to spend his energy on "one of his own people." Of course, that depended on whether Gongsun Du knew how to read the situation. After all, in Wang Xuan's plans, Liaodong Commandery and Xuantu Commandery were to become future steel bases and important grain-producing regions. Even Gongsun Bogui had no right to occupy them, let alone some damned Gongsun Du.
Half a month later,