In 564 AD, Luoyang in the Northern Qi Dynasty was besieged by 100,000 troops in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it was in danger. The famous soldier Lan Ling of Northern Qi covered his face with a mask and led 500 elite cavalry to break through. The morale of the Northern Qi Dynasty was greatly boosted, so the Northern Zhou Dynasty was defeated and the warrior Lan Ling became famous. In order to express their respect for the warrior Lan Ling, the soldiers specially produced such a song "Warrior Lan Ling Ensemble", which is a simple singing performance mode.
As one of the four handsome men in ancient times, the warrior Lan Ling is the one who dislikes "handsome men" the least. The other three handsome guys, Pan An, Song Yu and Wei Jie, are all scholars and are proud of their outstanding faces. You can know a thing or two from the words "throwing fruit to win the car" and "watching and killing Wei Jun".
But the warrior Lan Ling is different. For him, appearance is only secondary. His job is to lead troops to fight, so he even chose to cover it with a mask because his face is too outstanding, just to make himself look more dignified.
The warrior Lan Ling is a member of the Northern Qi royal family. The real name is Gao Su, and the word is long. Therefore, he was also called Gao Changgong, the fourth son of Gao Cheng, Emperor Wen Xiang of the Northern Qi Dynasty. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the five Northern Dynasties, namely the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei, were split from the Northern Wei. Then the Northern Qi replaced the Eastern Wei and the Northern Zhou replaced the Western Wei. Finally, the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty, thus realizing the unification of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Because the territory was so large, both Beiqi and Zhoubei were in the north at that time, and the friction was constant. But the Northern Qi royal family is ridiculous, which is a mess in itself. Very not easy to produce a warrior Lanling who is not fatuous and is responsible for leading the troops to fight, but because of his fame, he was afraid by Gao Wei (Gao Zhan, the second son of Emperor Wuqi and Gao Zhan, is Gao Cheng's younger brother, so Gao Wei and the warrior Lanling are also brothers).
In 573 A.D., Lan Ling, a 33-year-old warrior, was poisoned with wine and died by drinking zhenniao because of the phrase "state affairs are family affairs". Just four years after the death of the warrior Lan Ling, in 577 AD, the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, thus ending the high royal family. Although the warrior Lan Ling died young, his deeds have been circulated, and the warrior Lan Ling can also be seen in many film and television dramas.
So how beautiful is the warrior Lan Ling, so that you need to cover your face when you fight? The Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty said that he was "soft on the outside and firm on the inside, full of sound and emotion" and "Leng Yan in style"; Yuefu in Old Tang Dynasty said that he was "both talented and handsome", and Sui and Tang Dynasties said that he was "beautiful as a flower", so it seems that the actual appearance of the Lanling samurai is also the type of "cream niche".
The handsome man who was spread so wonderfully naturally aroused everyone's curiosity. In 2005, there was a program that used some portraits and descriptions of the soldier Lan Ling to restore a face map for him. Really young and handsome. No wonder he felt that he was not brave enough to cover his face with a mask.
In fact, no matter what he looks like, his talent can be seen from his achievements in retreating from the Northern Zhou Dynasty and resisting Turks. Unfortunately, the only "normal person" in the high royal family did not come to a good end. If he ascended the throne, perhaps the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties would be rewritten.