Zang Ba, also known as Nu Kou ,字宣高), was a native of present-day Shandong.
In the early years, Zang Ba's father, Zang Jie, offended Tai Shou because of his integrity, and Tai Shou was furious and tied up Zang Jie. At that time, Zang Ba was 18 years old, and after hearing that his father was kidnapped, he immediately contacted several friends to intercept the prison car, rescued his father, and killed Taishou.
The escorts all fled in Zang Ba's Wuyi and waited, and Zang Ba and his father fled to Donghai County one by seven, because they risked their lives to save their father and made interesting headlines, and their fame also rang out.
At the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zang Ba had become a small head, subordinate to Tao Qian, and together with Tao Qian, he eliminated the Yellow Turban Thieves, made great achievements, and worshiped as a knight lieutenant. Later, Zang Ba's troops were collected in Xuzhou, and together with Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, and others, Zang Ba was the commander-in-chief, tun in the Kaiyang area, and became the hegemon of his own side.
In 197, Zang Ba attacked Xiao Jian, the minister of state of Langya, and captured Ju County, capturing many of them. Zang Ba had promised to give Lü Bu a part, but did not send it, so Lü Bu personally went to ask for it.
At this time, Gao Shun dissuaded Lü Bu and said:
General, you are the first fierce man in the Three Kingdoms, famous far and wide, will you still lack gold and silver treasures? Why would you take it yourself? If you don't get it, isn't it a shame?
Lü Bu did not listen, however.
After Lü Bu arrived in Ju County, Zang Ba, etc., did not know Lü Bu's intentions, thinking that he had come to fight himself, so he insisted on defending the city against Lü Bu, and Lü Bu returned empty-handed.
In 198, Cao Cao rebelled against Lü Bu, and Zang Ba and others once helped Lü Bu resist Cao Cao. Later, Lü Bu's army was defeated, and Zang Ba went into hiding, but Cao Cao refused to let him go and searched for Zang Ba by name.
At that time, he could not run abroad, and soon Zang Ba was found. When Cao Cao saw Zang Ba, he was inexplicably very comfortable, not only did not blame Zang Ba, but also took Zang Ba as the evil face of Lang, cut Qing, Xu Erzhou appointed Zang Ba, and made him a landlord.
Later, Cao Cao's good friend Zhang Mi rebelled, referred to as the "Yanzhou Rebellion", and Xu Qi and Mao Hui betrayed Cao Cao together with Zhang Miao. After the Yanzhou rebellion was settled, the two ran to Zang Ba.
After Lü Bu was pacified, Liu Bei temporarily attached himself to Cao Cao. In 199, Cao Cao suddenly remembered Xu Mao and the two, so he sent Liu Bei to Zang Ba to ask for the first rank of the two.
Liu Bei saw Zang Ba, first greeted Zang Ba and his wife, and then said:
At the behest of Cao Cao, he came to take the first rank of Xu Mao and the two men.
Zang Ba said:
Old Liu, what do you think of me?
Liu Bei did not expect Zang Ba to ask such a question, and after a moment's hesitation, he then said:
endure... endure... Pretty good.
That's right, the reason why I was able to stand on my own side and live my whole life in the chaotic world before Zang Ba was that I never did such a treacherous thing. Cao Cao had the grace of survival for me, and I did not dare to disobey the order. However, I have heard that a monarch with a royal way does not coerce people so much, and does not coerce others to do things that are contrary to benevolence. I also hope that Old Liu can help me push this order away.
Liu Bei said:
Then I'll go back and try it.
After Liu Bei returned, he took out the voice recorder he had brought with him and gave the original copy of Zang Ba's words to Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao listened, he sighed politely, and then wrote a letter to Zang Ba:
This is what the ancient benevolent people did, and I am very glad that you can follow it, and this is exactly what I am after.
Soon, Cao Cao pardoned Xu Mao and the two men and made them county guards.
Later, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao refused, and Zang Ba's elite troops were thrown into Qingzhou, so Cao Cao did not have to worry about the affairs of the East and could concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao.
In 205, Cao Cao broke Yuan Tan, and the Yuan clique lost the opportunity to make a comeback in the north. Zang Ba came to congratulate him and offered to let his sons and the fathers and brothers of the generals go to Yecheng, saying that the ugly point was to be a hostage and show loyalty.
Cao Cao said:
Why should you show your loyalty to your country in this way? I think that back then, Xiao He sent his sons to serve, and Han Gaozu did not refuse, Geng Chun burned his house and carriage to follow, and Emperor Guangwu did not live up to his kindness, now how can I change the practices of my predecessors.
At that time, Dongzhou was constantly disturbed, Zang Ba was in charge of Kuangyi, conquest and abuse, and Qingding Haidai, whose merits were great, because of his meritorious worship as the Marquis of Duting, the general of Jiawei.
In 206, Zang Ba, together with Yu Ban, went on a crusade against the rebellious Chang Feng, and Chang Feng surrendered and was disposed of by Yu Ban's military law.
In 209, Zhang Liao encircled and suppressed Chen Lan, Zang Ba, and Yu Ban to recruit Mei Cheng, unfortunately, Yu Ban cheated on the plan, and Mei Cheng and Chen Lan joined forces. In order to prevent Sun Quan from rescuing Chen Lan, Zang Ba was transferred to Anhui by Cao Cao to attack Sun Quan's general Han Dang, cutting off the connection between Sun Quan and Chen Lan. Zang Ba dragged Sun Quan and failed to rescue Chen Lan, and Zhang Liao also defeated Chen Lanjun within this time.
Sun Quanjun is good at using deceitful surrender meters, and he has tried and tested.
In 213, Zang Ba and Zhang Liao went to The Mouth of Fusukou to fight against Sun Quan, but unexpectedly encountered heavy rain, inconvenient transportation, the river water increased, and the enemy's ships were about to approach, and Cao Wei's side was all dry ducks, so he was very afraid. Zhang Liao, seeing this scene, wanted to retreat, but was stopped by Zang Ba, saying:
Brother Zhang, I understand what you mean, today's objective environment is not good for our army, so it is a wise choice to withdraw the army, but Cao Gong is a very wise person, and he will certainly not give up on us, so let's wait for the order from above.
The next day, Cao Cao's military order came over, and it was simply two words:
Evacuate!
After returning home, Zhang Liao told Cao Cao about this, and Cao Cao greatly praised Zang Ba, worshipping him as a general of Yang Wei and false festivals.
In 217, Zang Ba, who sought Sun Quan, entered Chao Lake and broke the nest.
In 220, Cao Pi succeeded his father Cao Cao on the throne, and Zang Ba moved the general of Zhendong to the Marquis of Wu'an Township and the military governor of Xuzhou.
In 222, Liu Bei opened a copy of the Battle of Yiling for future generations. At the same time, Zang Ba and Cao Xiu befriend Lü Fan and won a big victory.
Cao Pi was a short-lived lang who ascended to heaven after 7 years of reign, and his son Cao Rui took the throne as Emperor Ming of Wei.
After Cao Rui ascended the throne, he increased Zang Ba's salary, but soon after, Zang Ba died of illness and his son Zang Ai siren.
In 243, Zang Ba was enshrined in Cao Cao's temple court.