As we all know, General Zhang Zizhong is a famous anti-Japanese general in China's modern history, a national hero, and a model for the world to learn from Xi. But such a hero was once scolded as a "traitor", what is going on?The reason is actually quite simple
The reason why Zhang Zizhong is called a "traitor" is because after the fall of Beiping in 1937, he did not immediately retreat with the 29th Army, but stayed in Beijing for more than a month to deal with the enemy. During this period, he not only issued a notice to let the people in Beiping City perform their own business, but also ordered the two brigades of Ruan Xuanwu and Shi Zhengang who remained in the city to surrender their weapons to the Japanese army. At that time, Shi Zhengang's troops were unwilling to surrender their weapons to the Japanese army, so he led his troops to break through with Liu Ruzhen. Since then, the whole country has been in an uproar, and the people of the country think that Zhang Zizhong is a "traitor". In fact, after the July 7 Incident, Zhang Zizhong came forward to negotiate with Japan and tried to resolve the matter peacefully, but he had no intention of defecting to the enemy and treason, but because of the current situation, there was this misunderstanding. 
Of course, some people say that Zhang Zizhong stayed in Beiping to be responsible for the evacuation of the families of the 29th Army stranded in the city. But this statement was not accepted by the people, because if it was only to evacuate the family, there would be no need for a high-ranking officer like Zhang Zizhong. The reason why this matter is like this, in the final analysis, is Song Zheyuan's misjudgment of the situation at that time, thinking that the 77 Incident was the same as the Jinan Incident of that year, but it was just a local small-scale incident, and as long as the 29th Army did not give the Japanese army an excuse and made certain compromises and concessions, then the Japanese army would still return Pingbei to him like returning Jinan. Therefore, Zhang Zizhong was left in Beiping to negotiate with the Japanese army, but when Zhang Zizhong saw that the Japanese army had no intention of returning Beiping, he had no choice but to withdraw. 
At the beginning of the 77 Incident, He Jifeng also proposed to Zhang Zizhong to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army had not yet arrived, strike preemptively, and take the initiative to attack. However, Zhang Zizhong rejected it on the grounds that it was not appropriate to expand the situation. Facts have proved that this opportunity was missed, and the Japanese reinforcements kept coming, and the 29th Army was outnumbered, and it was no longer realistic to want to confront it. Afterwards, He Jifeng was grief-stricken and indignant, and then he pulled out a gun and committed suicide, and after being rescued, he felt ashamed of the people, so he ran all the way to Yan'an to join the Communist Party. Therefore, it was precisely the matter of staying in Beiping to deal with the enemy that made Zhang Zizhong a "traitor" in people's mouths, and it was precisely because of this incident that it later became a stain that made Zhang Zizhong breathless. 
Later, when foreign correspondent Smedley interviewed Zhang Zizhong, he bluntly asked him if he had defected to the enemyZhang Zizhong was suddenly so angry that his head jumped violently. However, in Smedley's view, this was nothing more than the shame and shame of his crimes being revealed. Later, Zhang Zizhong led the army to fight against the Japanese invaders in the "Battle of Zaoyi"!As the commander-in-chief of the group army, he did not have to personally lead the army into battle, but despite the dissuasion of his subordinates, he resolutely led more than 2,000 people to cross the river and fight, and commanded the troops to charge and kill the enemy who was one and a half times more numerous. It wasn't until Zhang Zizhong died heroically that Smedley regretted that he shouldn't have insulted him so much. Even an outsider like Smedley suspected that he was a traitor, and Zhang Zizhong, who was burdened with such a huge shame, could only die in the end. After Zhang Zizhong was martyred, his subordinates risked their lives to retrieve his body from the front line of the position, and during this period, the Japanese army ordered to stop the bombing of aircraft so as not to hurt Zhang Zizhong's body, and later built a monument for him. 
Of course, in the War of Resistance Against Japan, there were many lovers and anti-Japanese heroes like Zhang Zizhong, all of whom had stories that could be sung and cried, as well as wonderful lives.