How did Lan Ling, a soldier who never lost in his life, finally die?

Although the Northern Qi Dynasty only existed for 28 years, the men of the Gaos thought in the Northern Qi Dynasty left a deep impression on history with their perverse character, dissolute behavior and handsome appearance. The gaos thought is rich in handsome men and lunatics, and its absurdity is beyond description. Hoho came, Hoho left, and finally the only normal person in the Gaos family was gone, and the dynasty finally ended by itself.

Sassou, a famous writer of military history, analyzed this history in his new work The History of Susu's Unbelief, revealing an incredible and reasonable truth.

1992, a group of masked Japanese dancers appeared in front of an ancient tomb in Cixian County, Hebei Province, dancing in all directions to pay tribute to the owner of the tomb. And their dance also faintly shows the ancient style of China.

This group of dancers is a member of Naraya Orchestra in Kyoto, headed by Professor Li Zhijian from Kyoto University. Their performance "Brave Lanling Ensemble" was brought to Nara by Buddhist monks and philosophers from Chang 'an, Lin Yi, in the Tang Dynasty, and was made by using Shatuo to reconcile the Japanese tune. Up to now, the ensemble of samurai Lan Ling is still an important performance in some places in Japan when large-scale sacrifices are held.

The stone tablet in front of the tomb has been weathered and mottled. Who is the warrior of Lanling?

0 1 Shi Sheng Beauty Warrior Lan Ling

Gao Changgong, the warrior Lanling, whose real name is Gao Su, also known as Xiao, was born in a noble family. He was the grandson of Gao Huan, the founding monarch of the Northern Qi Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. His father, Gao Cheng, was ready to accept his abdication as emperor, but he was assassinated just before he ascended the throne. Wen Xuandi Levin, Northern Qi Emperor Xiao Zhao Gao Yan and Wu Chengdi Gao Zhan are all his uncles, while Gao Wei is his cousin. His wife, Zheng Ying, comes from "Xingyang Zheng" with five surnames and seven families. She has a distinguished family background and is gentle and virtuous.

As the fourth son of Gao Cheng, Gao Changgong inherited the beauty of the Northern Qi royal family, even better. The book of the Northern Qi Dynasty called him "full of sound and emotion", and the story of the Sui and Tang Dynasties called him "a beauty in white". His beauty even affected the battle-Gao Changgong wore a ferocious mask every battle because of his beautiful appearance and his lack of dignity in wartime, and the enemy was invincible.

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Some historians think that this matter is related. But Lao Sa checked the information and found that there was a record of Gao Changgong wearing a mask in the Tang Dynasty. "The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty" says: "The generation came from the Northern Qi Dynasty. Lan Ling, a warrior in the Northern Qi Dynasty, is respectful, brave and beautiful, and often wears a mask to face the enemy. I tried to attack Zhou Shi Jin Yong at the gates, bravely crowned the three armed forces and strengthened the people. So I danced to make his command effective. This is called "Warrior Lan Ling enters the array". "The substitute is a mask. There are similar records in other documents at that time, which are not far from Gao Changgong's time. So it can basically be concluded that it did happen.

In addition to the charm of handsome men, Gao Changgong's career is also quite smooth. In the eighth year of Tianbao (557), Gao Changgong became an official, and he was appointed assistant minister at the age of seventeen. In the ninth year of natural forest protection, Gao Yang named Lecheng County as the founding father with 800 food cities. After ten years of natural protection, I have been with the third division of the instrument, and I have been sealed with the third division of the instrument, and I still manage the country as an official; Natural forests have been protected for eleven years. Soldiers Lan Ling and left and right generals were appointed, and 1,000 households were added in the city. Since then, Jinfeng has been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Bing Army, the secretariat of the Bing Army, the commander-in-chief of Yingzhou Army, the founding duke of Julu County, the leading general and the official secretary. When Gao Wei was in power, officials included Qiu, Fu and Taibao, which were extremely important officials, but they were only thirty years old. This kind of life can be described as "horseshoe disease of spring breeze pride"

What is even more sighing is that such power is not dependent on family status, but is obtained by its brave and invincible record. He has commanded the Qi army to fight against the Turks, Northern Zhou and other armies, and has never lost in his life. Especially in the Battle of Mangshan in the second year of Heqing (563), in the face of the Northern Zhou army that had surrounded Luoyang, Gao Changgong personally led Zhong Jun, and with heavy cavalry, he broke into the large array of Zhou Jun, and when he advanced, he was invincible, reaching Luoyang at the gates. Perhaps because it came too fast, the defenders didn't distinguish between the enemy and me, and suspected that the enemy was cheating on the city. At this time, Gao Changgong unloaded his guard in front of the front, and the Qi army regarded the invincible warrior Lan Ling as the god of war. Seeing his dignity, it immediately boosted the morale of the army. The defenders were all in full swing, and the northern Zhou army fled in defeat. Qi Jun wrote "Warrior Lan Ling Entering the Array" and made great strides.

It is such a brave and handsome Yum star who was poisoned for no reason because of the king's jealousy. It is like a gorgeous opera, but it has a heartbreaking sad ending. Since ancient times, beautiful women and celebrities are not allowed to meet. Although it is regrettable, it is even more regrettable. All these make future generations fascinated by this warrior Lan Ling.

The Secret History of the Warrior Lanling Family.

However, if we approach the real warrior Gao Changgong in Lanling, we may find that under the gorgeous appearance, there is a collapsed fact-Gao Changgong may live in boredom and pain all his life. This is because there is almost no normal person in his circle, and his tragedy is only a matter of time. The northern qi royal family acted absurdly. Some historians believe that they may have a family history of mental illness.

One clue is that Gao Changgong's mother left no name in the history books. Generally speaking, this may be due to the lower status of women. However, for Beiqi, this is very strange, because the Beiqi royal family doesn't care about this at all. Even if the mother of a younger brother in Gao Changgong is an official prostitute, you can leave your name, but the mother of Gao Cheng's son has a clear record, except this warrior Lan Ling. So, to what extent was Gao Changgong's mother humble and left her name?

Let's talk about Gao Cheng, the father of the soldier Lanling. It is said that Gao Cheng is also a handsome man, who is quite talented in managing the world, but his temperament is very surly. After taking power, his private life became more and more indulgent. He often married courtiers' wives, even the wives of his uncle Gao Shen and his brother Gao Yang. Although the Northern Qi royal family advocated Hu Feng, it was too reckless. After his death, his brother Gao Yang succeeded to the throne. This man also belongs to the extremely intelligent generation, but his behavior is even more incredible.

He killed his younger brothers Jun Gao and Gao He and put their wives in the palace. Even though his mother warned him, he was beaten and insulted.

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Because of her absurd behavior, some historians suspect that Gao Changgong's mother didn't leave her name, probably because she is a married woman and her husband is also an important figure in history, which is inconvenient to explain out of respect; It may also be because she is Gao Cheng's wife and concubine, and she is obscure in order to maintain the reputation of Gao Changgong, the warrior of Lanling.

In any case, in all the records of Gao Changgong, there is no love from mother or mother. Lan Ling, a heroic warrior, should have grown up in an environment lacking maternal love when he was a child.

The people who once proclaimed themselves emperors in the Northern Qi Dynasty were either uncles and cousins of Gao Changgong, and their cruelty and bloodthirsty surprised future generations. For example, Gao Yang mentioned earlier, his behavior is grotesque beyond imagination.

Gao Yang doted on Xue Yuan, but suddenly felt that she was unfaithful (before she married Gao Yang), so she killed her-it doesn't matter, and she also gave a banquet with her head and courtiers-is this a horror movie? Later, the medical profession conducted research and analysis, and thought that he might be the only ugly person in the Gao family, which might lead to his mental health, and his atrocities in the later period of his administration seemed to be closer to the manifestations of mental illness. Some people speculate that the Gao family has hereditary mental illness.

It is clear that the royal family is a group of lunatics, but the imperial power system is hereditary, and the emperor can only be elected from this group of lunatics. That's pathetic!

03 The Death of the Warrior Lanling

Gao Changgong grew up in such an environment, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has been a ghost's neighbor for half his life. However, he won a good reputation for "being diligent and meticulous, every time he tasted the sweetness, although he counted the fruit of a melon, he would also be with the soldier * * *". Later, he was ordered to enter the DPRK. People thought it was a precursor for the emperor to clean up the samurai Lanling, so "all the servants were scattered, leaving only one person", but Gao Changgong didn't blame anyone after he came back. The emperor gave him twenty concubines, but he kept only one and returned the rest. These behaviors are in sharp contrast with the madness of the royal family, and also make him enjoy high prestige among the soldiers and civilians in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

It seems that he never publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the emperor or his worries about the empire. Once, my late master Gao Wei mentioned the Battle of Mangshan to him at a banquet, saying that if you rushed too deep, something would happen. Gao Changgong replied: "The family is good, I don't feel it." It is said that this sentence aroused the emperor's suspicion that he regarded state affairs as his own family and would usurp the throne one day (it seems that he is not confident in his ability to handle state affairs), but in my opinion, the family is such a ridiculous person. I have to work hard to keep this family.

Only he cares whether this family will collapse: the only normal person in a group of lunatics. Light, revealing a trace of bitterness.

Traditionally, the warrior Lan Ling died of fame. In fact, Gao Changgong had long been aware of this danger, so he took a series of measures to avoid the tragedy. He followed Xiao He's example of corruption and self-contamination, saying that he could not get sick and avoided taking troops out. Everything was done to the extreme, but the tragedy still happened.

When given wine, Gao Changgong sighed: "I am loyal to things, and I am embarrassed by heaven!" This is an unanswered question, and he seems to have anticipated it, so when his wife advised him to see the emperor, he just said, "How can I see God?" He drank poisoned wine.

It is estimated that he is well aware that his death is related to his reputation, but it is also the natural cycle of the cannibalism cycle of the royal family in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the slaughter within the Northern Qi royal family was probably the most cruel. Wen Xuandi Levin killed Gao Huan and Gao Huan's son Jun Gao, the God Emperor; Wu Chengdi Gao Zhan killed Yin Gao, the son of Wen Xuandi Levin; Gao Xiaoyu, son of Emperor Wen Xiang Gao Cheng; Emperor Xiao Zhao played an important role in killing Gao Bai, the son of Wu Chengdi Gao Zhan. There are countless incidents in which brothers kill each other. The emperor of Beiqi never lived to be thirty-five. By the age of thirty, they seemed to have a fatalistic fear and began to slaughter the royal family and ministers who might threaten the throne. When Gao Changgong was killed, Gauguin was not even twenty years old, and his fear of fate seemed a little early.

But Gao Wei killed Gao Changgong in a planned and premeditated way. A year ago, he killed a long-standing veteran-the great prime minister Hu, a close comrade-in-arms of Gao Changgong. After Hu's death, Gao Changgong was the most prestigious and capable person in North Korea, so Gao Changgong's death was foreseeable.

04 Wang Jia of Moshengdi in the afterlife

The madness of the royal family in the Northern Qi Dynasty is not only a problem of mental illness, but also a struggle for power.

However, Gao Changgong is an exception. Throughout his life, he didn't see any bad attempt to usurp the throne, but a group of lunatics couldn't tolerate a normal person, so he finally forced the soldier Lan Ling to die.

This is a real tragedy, but Gao Changgong has to watch it happen soberly, and his pain can be imagined.

Four years after the death of the warrior Lan Ling, the Northern Zhou Dynasty committed another crime. Without Hu and Gao Changgong, the Qi army was defeated, Gao Wei and others were killed after surrendering, and almost none of the crazy Northern Qi imperial clan was spared. Intriguingly, many years later, people found the statue of Gao Yuan, the grandson of Gao Changgong, in Longmen Grottoes.

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According to historical records, when Gao Changgong died, he ordered all the debtors' bonds to be burned. Perhaps he also arranged the escape of future generations-Gao Changgong's son's name is not recorded in the history books. Because he was still buried in the name of Qiu after his death, his son was qualified to attack Jue.

But there is no such record, not even whether he has a son. History has made his grandson appear after the imperial clan of the State of Qi. The famous warrior Lan Ling is unknown to later generations, and no one reproduces the glory of his ancestors, let alone shows Mu Rongfu's "outstanding talents".

I guess that may have something to do with the last wish of the blue spirit soldiers for their children and grandchildren.