臧旻 / Zang Min (late Han)

Hanji 905 backfills Zang Min before the failed Xianbei expedition. The episode’s transcript writes the Yangzhou inspector as “藏民”; this page normalizes the notice to Zang Min because the role and later late-Han context match. In 174 CE, the Yangzhou-Danyang campaign kills 许生, while 孙坚’s recruited force makes the suppression a launch point for Sun Jian’s career.

Hanji 909 introduces Zang Min as one of the commanders in the 177 CE Han expedition against 鲜卑. He leads the Yanmen route together with the 南匈奴 chanyu, making the campaign a Han-frontier-allied offensive rather than a purely inner commandery operation.

Zang Min’s column shares the expedition’s collapse. After all three Han routes penetrate more than 2,000 li, 檀石槐 mobilizes Xianbei forces and defeats them; Zang Min, 夏育, and 田晏 escape with only a few dozen riders, are imprisoned at 洛阳, then redeem their crimes and are demoted to commoners.

Connections

• Hanji 905, 许生, 孙坚, and 丹阳郡 - Yangzhou-Danyang suppression branch before the 177 frontier defeat.
• Hanji 909 — source episode for his route command and defeat.
• 南匈奴 — allied cavalry component attached to his Yanmen route.
• 夏育 and 田晏 — other commanders punished after the expedition fails.
• 鲜卑 and 檀石槐 — opponent and leader who break the Han expedition.
• 边境远征过度 and 战争成本与速决纪律 — strategic concepts made concrete by the failed deep advance.