In the first year of Xingping (194), Cao Cao led the army to attack Xuzhou for the second time, Zhang Miao decided to betray Cao Cao to meet Lu Bu because of Yuan Shao, and once forced Cao Cao to a desperate situation and almost took Yanzhou.

But history is always fair, and soon it will be Yuan Shao's turn to take the blame for Cao Cao, and the story of this pot will start with Zang Hong.

Zang Hong's character Ziyuan is a native of Guangling Sheyang. His father, Zang Min, successively served as the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, Zhongshan Taishou, Taiyuan Taishou and other official positions, and was very famous during his tenure. He once quelled the rebellion of the demon thief Xu Zhao.

When Zang Hong was fifteen years old, because his father Zang Min had meritorious service to the country, he was appointed Dong Zilang. Zang Hong is also very famous in Taixue. And his burly appearance is different from ordinary people, and later he was recommended to be filial piety and become a lang official. happened to meet the selection of the third department Langguan to serve as the county magistrate, so Zhao Yu, a Lang evil man, served as the magistrate of Ju County, Liu Xuan, a native of Donglai, became the magistrate of Xiayi County, Wang Lang, a native of Donghai, was appointed as the magistrate of Hengqiu County, and Zang Hong was appointed as the magistrate of Qiu County.

In the last years of Emperor Ling, Zang Hong abandoned his official position and went home, and Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling, appointed him as a gongcao. At this time, Dong Zhuo killed the young emperor and set up the emperor as a puppet, wanting to seize the world of the Han family, so Zang Hong said to Zhang Chao: "Taishou has received the great favor of the royal family in the past dynasties, and the brothers are all governors of large counties, and now the royal family is in danger, and the thieves have not been shown to the public, this is a good time for the righteous people in the world to serve the royal family!" Now that your county has not suffered from war, the people are rich, and if you beat the drums of war, many people will come to respond. Using this army to destroy the national thieves and eliminate harm for the world is exactly the performance of a righteous man. ”

Zhang Chao agreed with him, and traveled west with Zang Hong to Chenliu to meet his brother Zhang Miao to discuss the matter of raising troops. At that time, Qiao Mao also issued an announcement in the name of the three dukes to ask the princes and heroes from all over the country to raise troops against Dong, so Zhang Miao had already had this intention, so the two armies met in Suojube.

If Cao Cao was the earliest person to raise troops against Dong in the history of the Three Kingdoms, then Zang Hong may be the earliest initiator of the Kwantung Alliance.

At that time, Zhang Miao said to Zhang Chao: "I heard that my younger brother is the county guard and educates the people to give power and grace, not because he is in charge, but because he reuses Zang Hong, who is Zang Hong?" Zhang Chao said: "Zang Hong is a strange person in the sea, and his talent and wisdom are stronger than mine, and I value him very much." Zhang Miao saw his younger brother say this, and immediately met with Zang Hong and talked to him, and was deeply surprised. So he introduced him to Yanzhou Liu Gongshan (Liu Dai) and Yuzhou Kong Gongxu (Kong Ling), and they and Zang Hong also introduced each other as confidants and became good friends.

Later, the princes from all over the country gathered in the sour dates, and the heroes set up an mandala, ready for everyone to swear an oath to marry together and fight Dong Zhuo together. At that time, the governors of various states and counties pushed each other, and no one refused to be the first to go to the altar, and later they unanimously elected Zang Hong.

And Zang Hong, as a meritorious Cao, did not shirk, and his face did not change on the altar, he held the bearing plate, swore in blood: "The Han family is unfortunate, the dynasty is chaotic, and the thief Dong Zhuo takes advantage of the war to endanger the country, endanger the emperor, torture and kill the people, and has great ambitions to embezzle the state power and let the world belong to him." Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, Kong Ling, the assassin of Yuzhou, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao and others formed volunteers to go to the national disaster together. Those who swear together today should work together to contribute to the minister's strength, even if they throw their heads and spill their blood, they will not have two hearts. If anyone breaks the covenant, not only will his own life be saved, but his descendants will also be harmed. The emperor is above, the ancestors have spirits, please watch carefully! ”

When Zang Hong took the oath, he was impassioned and burst into tears, and those who listened to his oath, even the lowest-ranking soldiers and servants, were all excited, and everyone was willing to do their part, which greatly boosted the morale of the coalition army.

In addition, there are several county guards and ministers, including Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Zhi, Cao Cao was under Zhang Miao, but later according to the "Zizhi Tongjian" record, Kong Ling moved his troops to Yingchuan.

In history, the sour jujube alliance is the most powerful, and the princes have the most and the strongest strength in the three-way army that crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and the eighteen-way princes of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" crusade against Dong Zhuo was based on this, but it was precisely this road that the princes performed the worst in the crusade.

In the early stage, only Cao Cao once took advantage of Dong Zhuo's relocation of the capital to send troops to fight, but the end was a fiasco, and the princes of Sour Zao were afraid after seeing the strong combat power of the Xiliang army, so they shirked each other, resulting in the people from all walks of life not yet deciding who would go to war first, because the food was eaten up and the birds and beasts were scattered.

And Zang Hong could only smile helplessly when he saw this situation.

Then Yuan Shao's army was struggling because of the lack of soldiers' food, only Yuan Shu fought alone all the way, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu's general Sun Jian to win three battles and three victories, and recaptured Luoyang and Yuxi, but Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, robbed his ally Han Fu's Jizhou, and even couldn't see the success of his younger brother Yuan Shu, and sent someone to take away Sun Jian's official position and territory, causing the anti-Dong cause to stagnate.

In order to maintain the imperial court and defend the Son of Heaven, Zhang Chao and others began to put their hopes on Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, who had the highest prestige at that time, Zhang Chao sent Zang Hong to Youzhou and the great Sima Liu Yu to discuss countermeasures.

When Zang Hong arrived in Hejian Kingdom, it coincided with the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and Zang Hong was unable to pass and failed to complete his mission. It happened that Yuan Shao was also there, and Yuan Shao also valued his talent after seeing Zang Hong, and deigned to make friends with Zang Hong, and the two were friends whether they were together or not.

Later, when Qingzhou assassin Shi Jiaohe died, Yuan Shao asked Zang Hong to lead Qingzhou to comfort the people there. Zang Hong served in Qingzhou for two years, and his political achievements were remarkable, and the robbers in the state left one after another.

But later, Yuan Shaojun was defeated by Gongsun Zhan at Jumashui, and Gongsun Zhan took the opportunity to go south and invade Qingzhou again, Qingzhou fell into chaos again, and sent his own commander Shi Tian, who had already been appointed, to occupy Qi. And at that time, there was also turmoil in Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lü Bu fought here, Yuan Shao admired Zang Hong's talent, so he sent him to serve as the Taishou of Dongjun to govern Dongwuyang.

In history, after Zang Hong became Yuan Shao's subordinate, he was reused, and his status was not even lower than the old proposition, but this did not mean that he forgot Zhang Chao's kindness to him, and soon it was Zang Hong's turn to repay the favor.

The price Zang Hong paid for this was betrayal and his own life, but in the end nothing was recovered.