In 563, Yuwen Hu, the de facto ruler of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Gao Zhan, Emperor Wucheng of the Northern Qi Dynasty, corresponded several times about Yuwen Hu's request for peace.
As a result, Gao Zhan didn't listen to Duan Shao's opinion at all, and directly sent Yuwen Hu's mother back to Chang'an without seeing the so-called invitation and envoy.
Yuwen Hu welcomed back his mother, who had not seen him for more than 30 years, and he was naturally happy, and he really wanted not to attack the Northern Qi first, but the Turks led the people to the appointment according to the agreement, preparing to unite the Northern Zhou to attack the Northern Qi, in order to prevent the Turks from harassing the border, Yuwen Hu had to requisition 200,000 troops to attack the Northern Qi.
The army soon arrived at Tongguan, Yuwen Hu sent Wei Chi Hui to lead 100,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard to Luoyang, the general Quan Jingxuan led the troops of Jingzhou and Xiangyang to march to Xuanguan, and the young master Yang Yan went out of Yiguan to cut off the support of Luoyang in the direction of Jinyang in Northern Qi.
In order to capture Luoyang, the Northern Zhou army built earth mountains and dug tunnels to attack Luoyang, but it took a month to still be unable to capture Luoyang, and a long time was naturally not conducive to the Northern Zhou army.
Under such an offensive, the Northern Zhou army was confident that the Northern Qi army would not dare to go out of the city, so they only sent people to reconnoitre, and Gao Zhan naturally would not be captured, and quickly sent Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, and Hu Luguang, the general, to rescue Luoyang.
Needless to say, as a famous general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he was almost invincible, in the first month of 564, the Northern Zhou sent Da Xi Chengxing to attack Pingyang, Hu Luguang was ordered to resist, and Da Xi Chengxing heard that Hu Luguang was facing the battle, and retreated directly without a fight.
And Hu Luguang directly pursued into the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and captured more than 2,000 troops of the Northern Zhou Dynasty before he gave up, which shows Hu Luguang's combat effectiveness, compared with Hu Luguang, the king of Lanling at that time was not so famous on the battlefield.
Gao Changgong is the fourth son of Emperor Gao Cheng of Northern Qi Wenxiang and Gao Zhan's nephew.
It should really be reused during the reign of Gao Zhan, who participated in the war to repel the Turks in 563, and performed well on the battlefield.
Gao Zhan sent Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong to lead the army to rescue Luoyang this time, which shows the threat posed by the Northern Zhou army to Luoyang. However, there was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and Gao Changgong and Hu Luguang were also afraid of the strength of the Northern Zhou army, so they did not dare to advance.
Gao Zhan, who was in a hurry, had to summon Duan Shao, the assassin of Bingzhou, and said to him: "Luoyang is in danger, now send you to the rescue, the Turks are in the north, and they also need to strengthen their defenses, what should I do?"
Duan Shao is Lou Zhaojun's nephew, who once followed Gao Huan on the battlefield and made great achievements, guarded Jinyang for many years, and was called the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Northern Qi Dynasty, in 563 he defeated the Northern Zhou and Turkic coalition forces in Jinyang, and drove the Turks directly out of the Saiwai.
This time the Northern Zhou Dynasty attacked Luoyang on a large scale, and Gao Zhan had to transfer Duan Shao back to support Luoyang, but Duan Shao left Jinyang, what should the Turks do?
Duan Shao was not afraid, and said directly to Gao Zhan: "The invasion of the border by the northern captives is like a disease of mustard moss, insignificant, and now the neighboring countries in the west are watching and attacking us, this is a big trouble, and I am willing to go south by His Majesty's edict." ”
In Duan Shao's view, the Turks are not to be feared, and solving the Northern Zhou army is the top priority, Duan Shao said this, Gao Zhan was relieved, so he ordered Duan Shao to lead a thousand elite soldiers from Jinyang to the south to support Luoyang.
Duan Shao galloped for five days and crossed the Yellow River, and soon reached the vicinity of Luoyang, and when he reached the Taihe Valley, he encountered the Zhou army, Duan Shao quickly gathered his troops, and led the left army to line up with the Chinese army led by Gao Changgong and the right army led by Hu Luguang.
Duan Shao's appearance caught the Northern Zhou army off guard, all along, the Northern Zhou army was very afraid of Duan Shao, this time was naturally no exception, Duan Shao also shouted: "Your Yuwen Hu is fortunate to get his mother, but he is not grateful to repay him, what do you mean by coming now?"
In this matter, the Northern Zhou Dynasty is indeed unreasonable, but it is here, and there is nothing to take care of, but in the end, because of the fear that Duan Shao and the teacher will be unknown, psychologically it will also fall behind, and then for Duan Shao, Gao Changgong and Hu Lvguang, the three major generals of the Northern Qi, although the troops are far superior to the Northern Qi, the Northern Zhou was quickly defeated, and there were many soldiers who fell in the streams and valleys.
At this time, the king of Lanling led 500 cavalry to rush out of the encirclement of the Northern Zhou army, and quickly rushed to the city of Kim Yong Kim, when the defenders of Kim Yong City did not know Gao Changgong, Gao Changgong took off his armor to show his face, and the defenders of Jin Yong City knew that it was the arrival of the king of Lanling, and quickly sent archers to protect Gao Changgong, and soon the siege of Kim Yong City was lifted, and the Northern Zhou army lost their armor and fled.
Gao Changgong also succeeded in the first battle, and his prestige was greatly enhanced, and the soldiers even specially composed "Lanling King's Entrance Song" to praise Gao Changgong.
Gao Zhan personally went to Luoyang to hold a celebration party, after the celebration meeting, Duan Shao was appointed as Dazai, Hu Luguang was appointed as Tai Lieutenant, Gao Changgong was Shang Shuling, these three people became the last Great Wall of Northern Qi, guarding the rivers and mountains of Northern Qi.
This battle is the highlight of Gao Changgong's life, Gao Zhan also specially sent Jia Hu to buy 20 beauties to Gao Changgong as a concubine, "Book of Northern Qi" recorded: "Wu Cheng rewarded his merits, and ordered Jia Hu to buy twenty concubines, only one of them." ”
At that time, the king of Lanling had a princess, who was from the Zheng family of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and there were few concubines in addition, in this regard, the king of Lanling was different from the rest of the royal family members of the Northern Qi Dynasty, at least as far as Gao Huan's descendants are concerned, just looking at a few emperors, almost all of them have countless concubines, plus absurd and perverted.
Gao Changgong is an alternative, he is famous because of his military exploits, coupled with his appearance, he is simply the most alternative and normal existence in Northern Qi.
Regarding Gao Changgong's appearance, the Book of Northern Qi records: "The appearance is soft and strong, and the voice and appearance are beautiful." "Zizhi Tongjian" records: "beautiful and brave"
Therefore, in order to deter the enemy on the battlefield, he usually wears a mask and does not show his true face.
Gao Changgong's ability to become an alternative to the Northern Qi royal family may have something to do with his contentment and non-greed, that is, he can control his desires without becoming a slave of desires.
For example, Gao Zhan ordered Jia Hu to buy him 20 beauties, Gao Changgong knew that this was given by the emperor, and he couldn't refuse, but he didn't want so many beauties, so he only needed one symbolically, and the rest were released.
He is a very sober person, everything he does is for the rivers and mountains of Northern Qi, because his surname is Gao and he is a descendant of Gao Huan, so he thinks that it is his responsibility to protect the rivers and mountains of Northern Qi, and it is precisely this that makes Gao Wei, the queen of Northern Qi, very jealous.
Although Gao Changgong had realized Gao Wei's jealousy in the later period, and used various methods such as accepting bribes, pretending to be sick at home, and failing to treat illness to avoid disasters, in 573, Gao Changgong still gave Gao Changgong a cup of poisoned wine, and Gao Changgong was not yet thirty years old when he died.