Yes!
★The King of Lanling, named Gao Changgong, also known as Gao Xiaoguan, is the grandson of Gao Huan, a powerful official in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He is brave and good at fighting, but because his face is soft and gentle, he is not powerful enough to impress his enemies, so he always wears a mask when fighting. When he tried to attack Zhou Shi Jin Yong's city, he bravely defeated the three armies and made the Qi people strong. He danced to imitate the way he stabbed with his fingers, which is called "Lanling King Entering the Battle Song". "
★Historical records: "Chang Gong has a gentle appearance and a strong heart, as well as a beautiful voice and appearance. If you work diligently and meticulously for your generals, every time you get something sweet, even if you have a melon with several fruits, you will definitely enjoy it with the soldiers. ”
★However, despite his outstanding military exploits, he was eventually jealous of the king. A glass of poisonous wine destroyed all his youth.
The word card is here, but things have changed.
Looking at the time, this life has been wasted.
Even if everything is good, I can't help but sigh.
★Throughout the dynasties of China, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. This is definitely an era with numerous romantic figures and legends, which make future generations imagine endlessly: Cao Zijian, who is extremely talented, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove who do not follow etiquette, and the calligraphy saint whose calligraphy is known as "floating like floating clouds, as powerful as a startling dragon" Wang Xizhi, the first-generation Confucian general Xie An who easily won the Battle of Feishui, the heroine Mulan who disguised herself as a man and joined the army on her father's behalf...each one can make people excited when reading about it. But on this long list of celebrities, there is that one. The battlefield hero who died young - King Lanling, was named the King of Lanling County in Xuzhou in the first year of Qianming Dynasty in the Northern Qi Dynasty, so his real name was Gao Changgong. He was the grandson of Gao Huan, the powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the founder of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the self-made and romantic prime minister, and the fourth son of Gao Cheng who later succeeded Gao Huan. Unfortunately, historical records say that "Prince Changgong of Lanling did not have his mother's surname", and the other five brothers all recorded their mother's surname. He is the only exception due to his origin, which casts a mysterious veil on his life experience, making his life even more legendary. The most splendid part of this legend is undoubtedly his breathtaking story. Beauty. In people's traditional consciousness, beauty is only reserved for women. A man's appearance should be a kind of masculine beauty. If you call a man beautiful, it seems to be derogatory to him as "gold and jade on the outside, but rotten on the inside". . But the history books record that "Chang Gong has a soft appearance and a beautiful voice." Obviously, his beauty is not the beauty of strength that has always been admired, but a very feminine beauty. Imagine being in a family full of blood and killings (when Gao Cheng died, his younger brother Gao Yang succeeded him, he simply kicked out the emperor, proclaimed himself emperor, and established the Northern Qi Dynasty. This is a family of beasts known for their promiscuity, drunkenness, and violence. (who took pleasure in killing people) could breed such a mellow man, and he could survive the mud. It is said that the emperor once rewarded him with 20 concubines, but he only accepted one because he was not a womanizer. However, rejecting the emperor would cause him to lose face, so he only chose one. How beautiful King Lanling was is not known now, because there is no portrait of him circulating in history. Of course, this also gives us more room for imagination. We only know that because his face is too gentle to impress his enemies, he must wear a ferocious mask every time he fights. According to research, his mask is from Tang Dynasty singing and dancing. It can be regarded as the origin of Peking Opera facial makeup in later generations, which can be regarded as a great contribution he made to Chinese civilization! Imagine that a general wearing armor and holding a sharp knife has no fear of enemies of the same sex because of his appearance. , what kind of beauty is that! At least it will not be inferior to the ancient handsome representative Pan An!
Compared with his beauty, King Lanling's appearance on the battlefield He was not inferior at all. Perhaps because of his strong desire to prove that he was not a flower vase, he was particularly brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, and came to prominence in the Northern Zhou Dynasty's joint attack on the Northern Qi Dynasty in the first month of 564 AD. Soon he became a general of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Later, in December of the same year, the Northern Zhou Dynasty once again raised 200,000 troops to attack the Qi Dynasty and became famous in one battle. The focus of this battle was Luoyang - the Northern Zhou Dynasty besieged Luoyang with its entire army for nearly two months and failed. The Northern Qi Dynasty led the troops to rescue Luoyang with Duan Shao, Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong as commanders. The two armies met at Mang Mountain in Luoyang and the battle began. At that time, the Qi army occupied the high ground on the hillside. At the beginning of the battle, the Zhou army took the infantry as the vanguard and attacked fiercely. The Qi army shrank step by step and retreated towards the mountain. When the Zhou army's battle line gradually lengthened and its momentum began to decline, the elite troops behind the Qi army launched a fierce counterattack from both wings. The Zhou army suddenly could not hold on and was defeated. At this time, King Lanling led five hundred elite cavalry into the enemy's formation, penetrated numerous enemy troops, and reached the gates of Luoyang City.
The defenders in Luoyang City didn't know who the visitor was and didn't dare to attack the city. King Lanling took off his helmet and raised his head, revealing a beautiful face. The people above immediately recognized him as King Lanling, so the crowd became furious and fired thousands of arrows at the Northern Zhou army. Under attack from both inside and outside, the Zhou army's hundreds of thousands of troops all collapsed and were out of control. In order to praise the achievements of King Lanling, after the war, the soldiers also collectively composed the tragic, simple and melodious "The Song of King Lanling Entering the Battle". In the following years, he also achieved numerous great victories in the tug-of-war with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, becoming the backbone of the Northern Qi army! King Lanling was not only brave and invincible in battle, but also admirable in running the army in peacetime. History records that he "worked diligently and meticulously for the general, and every time he got something sweet, even if he had a melon with several fruits, he would make love with the soldiers." I ask, how can such a general not win the love of the soldiers and the support of the people? As the saying goes, "If you don't say anything, you will create your own trouble"!
King Lanling was beautiful, brave, loved his soldiers as much as his son, and had a strict private life. He was almost perfect, but he still had shortcomings. He was extremely greedy for money, and there were often bribes coming in and out at the door. As time went by, the people started making irresponsible remarks. Maybe God didn't want to create a perfect human being, maybe it was King Lanling who had his own difficulties and did it on purpose. His lieutenant Xiangyuan once asked him: "My lord, since you receive a salary from the court, why are you so greedy?" Chang Gong did not answer. Xiangyuan said: "Is it because of the great victory at Mangshan that you are afraid of being jealous of your might and want to taint yourself?" Chang Gong sighed: "Yes." Xiangyuan added: "If the court is suspicious of the prince, he will If you use this as an excuse to be punished, you will be met with disaster instead of seeking blessings." Chang Gong cried bitterly and knelt down in front of him to ask for advice on how to stay safe. Xiangyuan taught him: "Your Majesty has made great achievements in the past, but this time he has won a great victory. He should say that he is sick at home and not interfere in current affairs." Chang Gong listened to his opinion. Regardless of whether the above conversation is true or not, I would rather believe that he deliberately accepted bribes to defile himself because he was afraid that the emperor would suspect him of being ambitious. What's more, before his death, King Lanling burned all the IOUs that others owed money to his family. !
However, no matter how much he retreated, he could not escape, and his previous worries soon became a reality. His cousin Emperor Gao Wei once asked him: "When you go deep into the enemy's position during the war, it will be too late to regret it if you lose." King Lanling said carelessly: "It was a close family matter, so I rushed in before I knew it. "Originally it was a word of loyalty to the emperor, but Gao Wei, who had long been suspicious of him, was deeply taboo about the word "family affairs". Finally, in May of the fourth year of Wuping, he asked Xu Zhifan to give poisoned wine to King Lanling. When the concubine cried and persuaded him to see the emperor in person and confess his innocence, he only said "How can you see the beauty of the sky" and drank to death, which was heartbreaking and heartbreaking! Just like the poem goes, "Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see their hair grow old in the world."
I can’t help but sigh with emotion as I cover my head in deep thought. King Lanling was lucky. The troubled times gave him a stage to show his bravery and unrestrained beauty, and he did not degenerate into a playboy with only appearance and no merit. King Lanling was unfortunate. He had great achievements in war. When you get too old, you can only blame yourself or even pretend to be sick. You must know that it is not the fear of going to the battlefield, but the fear of returning triumphantly! How painful and helpless this is! Perhaps, life is an unsolvable contradiction, just like those famous generals who once galloped on the battlefield and were glorious, but who knew that after they returned, even the idea of ????a place to stay often became a luxury? Woolen cloth!