In the Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the History of the North, he is said to be "soft on the outside and firm on the inside". In "The Monument to the Bell of My King in Lanling", he said "cool and colorful"; In the book Old Tangqu, he said that he was "both talented and beautiful"; In the story of Sui and Tang Dynasties, he was described as a "beauty in white". It can be seen that the beauty of the warrior Lanling is really unparalleled and extraordinary. He has a handsome appearance that ordinary men do not have.
However, the beauty of the warrior Lan Ling brought him great distress. In the era of the separatist regime in that place, in the era of years of war in that place, as the children of princes and princes, they have to be tested by war every moment. Because of his handsome appearance, he is often despised by his opponents when he fights with them on the battlefield. To this end, he had to order people to make some hideous "big faces" and wear them on their faces every time they went out to achieve the purpose of deterring their opponents.
The most famous battle in the life of soldier Lan Ling was "Mangshan Victory":
In the winter of the third year of Heqing (AD 564), Emperor Wudi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty sent Zhu Wei Chijiong and Wen Xian to lead hundreds of elite soldiers to besiege Luoyang. In Mangshan, there are Wen Xian, the secretariat of Daxiwu, and the head coach Wang Xiong. Luoyang was in an emergency, and Beiqi sent a warrior Lan Ling Gao Changgong and a general Hu to save Luoyang, and invited Duan Shao, the secretariat of Bing, to lead a thousand elite cavalry south. Reinforcements from all walks of life met the Northern Zhou Army in Taihe Valley of Mangshan Mountain. Duan Shao led, Gao Changgong led and Hu led the right army. Duan Shao commanded the cavalry to defeat the enemy and retreated in succession. Many officers and men fell into the valley and died.
A general, a member of the Northern Qi army, led 500 soldiers to rush to the heavily armed Northern Zhou army. Wearing armor and holding a sharp knife, the general stands out from the crowd, but the most attractive thing is his face, wearing a ferocious mask, which makes people shudder.
The general was unusually brave, and the ferocious mask on his face psychologically shocked the enemy, and the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty could not stop him at all. He led 500 soldiers to fight their way out in the northern Zhou army and rushed to Luoyang city.
At this point, the defenders in the city have become frightened and suspicious, and dare not rashly open the gate. They asked the general to take off his mask and show his true colors. The general agreed, and when he took off his mask, the defenders in the city suddenly burst into cheers, because the masked general was none other than Gao Su, a famous soldier in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The soldiers guarding the city knew that the masked general was the warrior Lanling, so they opened the gate and killed the northern Zhou army with the army of the warrior Lanling. The northern Zhou army was defeated. This war is called "the Battle of Mangshan" by history. The history book records the fiasco of the northern Zhou army in this way: "Abandoning the camp and the village, from Mangshan to 30 miles, the military equipment is all in Sichuan and Ze."
It was this great victory that made the warrior Lan Ling famous, and the Northern Qi Emperor added him as a minister. The warriors of the Northern Qi Dynasty wore masks, sang and danced to celebrate their victory, and the widely circulated "Warrior Lan Ling entered the battle" was born. Later, the song was fixed as a solo dance by a man wearing a mask to direct the assassination. The melody is tragic, imposing, simple and melodious, describing the heroic scene and intense emotion at that time.
Gao Wei, the ruler of the late Northern Qi Dynasty, was weak. Compared with his ancestors, Gao Wei is more dissolute and less cruel, but he is not soft when he kills his relatives. One day in 565 AD, Gao Wei and the warrior Lan Ling talked about the victory of Mangshan, and said humanely, "It's too late to regret the war." The soldier Lan Ling was excited and enthusiastic when he heard that his brother was so distressed by himself. He replied affectionately, "My family is good, but I don't feel it." It was this expression of intimacy and loyalty that led to his death. The history book says, "The emperor disliked family matters, so he avoided them." Because in the eyes of Gao Wei, the narrow-minded ruler, family affairs are my Gao Wei's, not something you casually say. I began to wonder whether the warrior Lan Ling, who has the military power, wants to replace it and turn "state affairs" into "family affairs".
After the warrior Lan Ling said the wrong thing, he was deeply troubled and worried all day long. Although he has repeatedly kept a low profile and deliberately played down himself, he can't escape the tragic fate of "if you tell me to die, I have to die". 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. The warrior Lan Ling was so angry that he said to his beloved Princess Zheng, "I am loyal to my work, and I am embarrassed by heaven!" Zheng Fei advised him, "Why don't you ask God?" 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 year ago, Hu Luguang, a etiquette veteran who fought bravely with 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 I see the beauty of heaven?" So he gulped it down and resolutely left this messy world. Burn all bonds before you die. At that time, the warrior Lan Ling was only 33 years old and was buried in the capital city of Yexi (now Linzhang County, Handan) after his death. The killing of the military commander Lan Ling marked the end of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Four years later, the Northern Qi Dynasty, which lost its military pillar, was destroyed by the Northern Zhou Emperor Yu Wenyong, and almost all the descendants of Gao were slaughtered.
The eldest son of Gao Cheng, the mother of Gao Qiu (537-563 AD), the king of Kangshu, was Song.
The second son of Gao Cheng and the mother of King Gao Guangning (539/540-577).
Gao Cheng's third son, Hejian Wang Gao Xiaowan (54 1-566) is the mother of Yuan Zhonghua, the queen of Jingdezhen.
Gao Cheng's fourth son, Gao Xiaoxing (also known as Gao Su), was loyal to Lan Ling (AD 54 1-573).
Gao Cheng's fifth son and Gao Yanzong's mother Chen (545-578 AD).
Gao Cheng and Aric (AD? A.D. 578) Mother Yan.
Yuan Zhonghua, the first daughter of Princess Lean, Jingdezhen's mother, married Cui Daan, the son of Cui Xian.
The mother of the first daughter (unknown title) is Yuan Zhonghua, the queen of Jingdezhen.
Princess's mother, Princess Yu Jiulu's family.