Lan Ling, a warrior in Xuzhou, Northern Qi Dynasty, is also one of the handsome men who left infinite reverie for future generations. He has all the necessary conditions to become a legend, such as mysterious origins, such as bravery and good fighting, such as his bloody family, such as his early death. And the most wonderful part of this legend is undoubtedly his breathtaking beauty.
Gao Changgong (54 1-573), also known as Gao Xiaoxing and Gao Su, was born in Diaoguo, Bohai (now south of Jingxian County, Hebei Province), the grandson of Gao Huan, the fourth son of Emperor Wen Xiang, and his mother was unknown. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was an imperial clan, a general in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was named the warrior Lan Ling.
There is a very famous legend about the warrior Lan Ling-he is too soft to intimidate the enemy, so he often wears a mask on the battlefield. In the Battle of Mangshan, the Northern Zhou Dynasty attacked Luoyang, but the besieged city was not captured. Duan Shao, Hu, and Gao Changgong were ordered to rescue them. Duan Shao defeated the northern Zhou army with strategy. Gao Changgong led five hundred cavalry into the Northern Zhou army and arrived at the besieged city of Jin Yong (now the northeast old city of Luoyang, Henan). Because Gao Changgong wears a mask, people in the city are not sure whether it is the enemy or our army. Gao Changgong took off his mask and showed a beautiful face, which boosted his morale and won a great victory.
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But in its real history, there is no record of the warrior Lan Ling wearing a mask because of his beautiful appearance. Historical records such as "The Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty" record: "When Mangshan was defeated, the long-term worker rode 500 soldiers in Zhou Jun, so he went to Jin Yong and was besieged." People in the city are very intelligent, so they are respectful and avoid showing their faces. They were rescued by the crossbowman, so they won a great victory. Make it clear that he is wearing a helmet, not a mask. In history books, soldiers with "iron faces" appeared in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty, that is, heavy cavalry protective equipment with helmets and iron covers. Helmets should be taken off to show their faces, not masks handed down from later generations. Nevertheless, the beauty of the warrior Lan Ling is beyond doubt and extraordinary. In the Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the History of the North, it is said that he is "soft outside and firm inside, full of sound and emotion"; "Lanling Zhong Wu Wang Bei" said that "the wind is cool and the utensils are gorgeous"; In the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, he was described as a "gifted scholar and beautiful woman". It is said that she is the "beauty in white" in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The warrior Lan Ling's father is Gao Cheng, the eldest son of the Northern Qi Emperor Gao Huan, but his mother doesn't even have a surname, which makes his life experience confusing. "The Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty" records: "The king of Wu in Lanling was a long-term worker, and filial piety was the fourth son." It is also recorded that among the six people, "Empress Wen Jingyuan gave birth to Wang Xiaowan in Hejian, Wang Xiaoyu in Henan in Song Dynasty, Wang Guangning in Wang Dynasty, and the warrior Lanling's long-term worker shall not take his mother's surname, Chen Yanzong and Yan Shao Xin."
Long and respectful, soft and powerful, affectionate. In order to be diligent and meticulous, each one is sweet. Although a melon counts as several fruits, it will be with the soldiers.
The soldier Lan Ling spent half his life as a soldier. But it brought him glory and bad luck, because it was perfect. After Mangshan's victory, the late leader Gao Wei asked him, "I was too deep into the array, so I regret losing." Yes, he said, "Family affairs are good, but I don't like them." Gao Wei wanted to know whether Lan Ling, the warrior who mastered the relieving of the military, wanted to replace him, turning "state affairs" into "family affairs" and began to make taboos. Realizing the emperor's hostility to him, the soldier Lan Ling began to accept bribes from others, hoping to save his life (people who love money don't love power), and then he listened to others' advice and refused to go to court. But so cautious, the soldier Lan Ling still did not escape the fate of being given death. One day in May in the fourth year of Wuping (AD 573), the late Lord Gao Wei sent an envoy to visit his brother Gao Su, and the gift was a glass of poisoned wine. Great Xia Lan Ling was extremely indignant and said to his beloved Princess Zheng, "I am loyal to the minister, so why should I care about heaven and lose?" Zheng Fei advised him, "Why don't you ask for Tian Yan?" Naive Zheng Fei thought it might just be a misunderstanding between brothers. As long as Gao Su intercedes with the emperor, he can get his own life back. And the warrior Lan Ling himself knows that it is useless to find a backward master to explain. A few years ago, Hu, the etiquette veteran who fought against himself, was also innocently lured into the palace and brutally strangled with a bowstring. In despair, the soldier Lan Ling left a sentence, "How can you see the beauty of heaven?" So he gulped it down and burned all the bonds before he died.