臧霸 / Zang Ba (late Han)

Overview

臧霸 / Zang Ba (late Han) enters the wiki through Hanji 1034 as a 曹操-side commander used in the pre-官渡 deployment chain. The page is deliberately disambiguated from 张霸 / Zhang Ba (late Han), a different Taishan-area figure.

Current Profile

Hanji 1034 says Cao Cao enters 黎阳, then sends Zang Ba with elite troops into 青州 to secure the eastern side before returning to 许都 and stationing troops at Guandu. Zang Ba’s current wiki role is therefore operational: he anchors the Qingzhou security move that lets Cao prepare against Yuan Shao without leaving the eastern flank exposed.

Key Characteristics

• Cao-side commander in the immediate pre-Guandu deployment sequence.
• Associated with elite troops sent to Qingzhou.
• Source-scoped eastern-flank security node rather than a complete biography.
• Disambiguated from Zhang Ba / 张霸 because the names are visually and phonetically close in English transliteration.

Evidence

• Qingzhou security: Hanji 1034 says Cao Cao sends Zang Ba and elite troops to Qingzhou as part of the pre-Guandu deployment.
• Operational sequencing: Hanji 1034 places that move between Cao’s Liyang advance and his return to Xudu and Guandu placement.
• Disambiguation: Hanji 1034 uses 臧霸, not the existing 张霸 page’s name.

Qualifications

The current page records only Hanji 1034’s deployment function. It should not import Zang Ba’s broader career without additional source notes in the frontmatter inventory.

What Changed

• Created this disambiguated Cao-side commander page from Hanji 1034’s pre-Guandu deployment sequence.

Relationships

• 曹操 - commander who sends Zang Ba to Qingzhou before Guandu.
• 青州 - eastern theater Zang Ba is assigned to secure.
• 官渡之战 - campaign preparation context for Zang Ba’s move.
• 黎阳 - forward point preceding the Qingzhou dispatch in the source sequence.
• 于禁 - another Cao-side officer assigned to a pre-Guandu defensive line in Hanji 1034.
• 张霸 / Zhang Ba (late Han) - distinct similarly romanized figure, not the same person as Zang Ba.