In history, Guan Yunchang was considered chivalrous because of allusions such as "passing five passes and killing six generals", and in the official history, when it comes to the righteous warriors of the Three Kingdoms, some people think that Zang Hong is the first!

Zang Hong is an out-and-out tragic hero, he has served Zhang Chao and Yuan Shao, both of whom regard others as their own and put their hearts on them, Zhang Chao appointed him as his own gongcao as his right and left hand, and Yuan Shao is directly intersected with states and counties.

Even if Zang Hong betrayed Yuan Shao later, Yuan Shao gave Zang Hong a chance again and again.

And Zang Hong, as the head of the state and county, is deeply loved by his subordinates. At that time, the soldiers in Dongwu Yang City were willing to live and die with Zang Hong, Zang Hong even killed his concubine and shared the food, and his subordinate Chen Rong could have been put out of it, but he died for it, and even the two messengers sent by Zang Hong were martyred after returning.

Zang Hong disregarded his personal safety to serve the old master, in that era, his "righteousness" was unparalleled, he was reused by the monarch and loved by his subordinates, even when he was executed by Yuan Shao, his spirit was recognized by everyone.

From a certain point of view, Zang Hong's spirit of "righteousness" has overridden his personal life, and his personal morality has surpassed the political concept of interest groups.

But from another point of view, is it really good for Zang Hong to do this?

In history, Cao Cao trusted Zhang Miao very much, and did not hesitate to stop Yuan Shao's murderous intentions against him, and even entrusted his family members to him, but it was Zhang Miao who took the lead in the rebellion and welcomed Lu Bu in, almost making Cao Cao recover.

Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao and others betrayed Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao to welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou privately, and finally the army was defeated and besieged, which was self-inflicted.

And Cao Cao, as Yuan Shao's main ally at that time, was impossible for Yuan Shao to give up, in history, Cao Cao gave a lot of support immediately after the defeat of Puyang, on the contrary, Yuan Shao and Zhang Chao's eldest brother Zhang Miao had fallen out, and the relationship with Zhang Chao was unlikely to be any better.

However, for the sake of his "righteousness", Zang Hong insisted on asking Yuan Shao to stand on his side, help him crusade against Cao Cao, an ally and friend of the monarch Yuan Shao, and rescue Zhang Chao, the enemy of his monarch Yuan Shao.

At this time, Zhang Chao, who was the old owner of Zang Hong, was desperate, but had he thought about his current master, Yuan Shao? Now is Zang Hong Zhang Chao's subordinate or Yuan Shao's subordinate?

It is recorded that Zang Hong asked Yuan Shao for reinforcements because of his weak army, but Yuan Shao refused, and Zang Hong delayed the time until Cao Cao broke through Yongqiu and wiped out Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao.

Perhaps in history, Yuan Shao not only did not give Zang Hong reinforcements, but also prevented Zang Hong from rescuing Zhang Chao, but Yuan Shao did not remove Zang Hongdong from his post as Taishou, if Zang Hong really wanted to go, Yuan Shao would not be able to stop him in Jizhou, and Cao Cao's base camp in Yanzhou at that time Juancheng was in Dongjun, how far could it be from Dongwuyang?

Zang Hong complained that Yuan Shao didn't give rescue, but he didn't see Zang Hong to save Zhang Chao. And when Cao Cao attacked Lü Bu in Xuzhou, although Zhang Yang was powerless to rescue, at least Zhang Yang sent troops and echoed Lü Bu from afar. Youzhou's Tian Chou also observes the festival for the old master, when Cao Cao crusaded against Wuheng, Tian Chou made great contributions, but then Tian Chou because of the guilt of the old master Liu Yu, Cao Cao named him a Hou did not want, and finally hung up an idle post of a speaker.

And what about Zang Hong? "Righteous and awe-inspiring" broke away from Yuan Shao, and did not regard Yuan Shao as his monarch at all. Cao Cao's crusade against Zhang Chao is just, and Yuan Shao's crusade against Zang Hong is not just!

And didn't Yuan Shao treat Zang Hong well enough?

As soon as Zang Hong came, Yuan Shao let him serve as the assassin of Qingzhou, and at that time Yuan Shao's own position was only Jizhou pastor, and later Gongsun Zan entered Qingzhou, and Yuan Shao let him serve as the Taishou of Dongjun, and his status was equal to Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao.

However, what did Zang Hong say about Yuan Shao later, he directly told his subordinates that Yuan Shao was a careerist and had thoughts about the Han family, and he himself wanted to die for righteousness. But when Yuan Shao asked Zang Hong to serve as the Qingzhou Assassin and the Taishou of Dongjun, he didn't see Zang Hong say anything.

Zang Hong once let the soldiers and officials in Dongwuyang City choose to surrender and survive independently, so as to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, but if Zang Hong really wanted to do this, he would just dedicate himself directly to Yuan Shao, and there would be no seven or eight thousand men and women in the city who would die together with each other's thighs, let alone so many sacrifices, and after the destruction of Dongwuyang City, so many people died, but Zang Hong was alive and well and was captured by Yuan Shao as a prisoner.

In this way, Yuan Shao didn't want to kill Zang Hong in the end, he still gave Zang Hong a chance, but what did Zang Hong say, he scolded Yuan Shao for being a chaotic minister and thief, a wolf with ambition, and he couldn't wait to kill Yuan Shao with his own hands.

There is nothing wrong with others saying that Yuan Shao is like this, after all, Yuan Shao is Jizhou, who took away his ally Han Fu, and also dragged his younger brother Yuan Shu back, causing the anti-Dong cause to stagnate, but someone was tempted by Yuan Shao's high-ranking official Houlu back then, and now he is so shameless to say that it is no problem?

In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shao has done enough kindness on the issue of Zang Hong, Yuan Shao did not remove him from the post of Taishou of Dongjun when Zang Hong was preparing to rescue Zhang Chao, second, he did not stop Zang Hong from saving Zhang Chao, and third, he did not give Zang Hong a chance, but Yuan Shao asked Chen Lin to write a letter of persuasion.

What else can Yuan Shao do, is it for Zang Hong to betray his ally Cao Cao, or let Zang Hong stab himself.

In the final analysis, didn't Yuan Shao give Zang Hong reinforcements to save Zhang Chao? But Zhang Chao can be said to be Yuan Shao's enemy, and Cao Cao, who surrounded Zhang Chao, is Yuan Shao's ally, why should Yuan Shao listen to Zang Hong's words like an idiot to fight his allies and help his enemies.

In the end, Yuan Shao is Zang Hong's boss or Zang Hong is Yuan Shao's boss, and now Zhang Chao is Zang Hong's monarch or Yuan Shao is Zang Hong's monarch!

When Zang Hong decided to help his old ideas, regardless of the interests of Yuan Shao's group, he was already a person who betrayed the master, and what kind of "righteousness" did the person who betrayed the master talk about! From the very beginning, "righteousness" was not in Zang Hong's place!

From a certain point of view, Zang Hong is the first righteous man of the Three Kingdoms, but he is just standing on the deviation, Zang Hong is ready to repay Zhang Chao's great kindness, but has he ever thought about how to repay Yuan Shao's kindness?

Could it be that the so-called "righteousness" is to forcibly disobey the interests of the former monarch and blindly expose the old background of his own monarch?

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "Heroes" and many other historical materials have a lot of respect for Zang Hong, and describe Zang Hong's affairs at large lengths, but the name of Zang Hong in history is quite inconspicuous, and it is completely inconsistent with the weight of the pen he occupies, which can already see what most people's attitude towards Zang Hong is.

Do we need to have mercy on Him? Not at all! Zang Hong's "righteousness" is, in the final analysis, just selfish "righteousness".