The Three Generals of Northern Qi are a collective name for the three famous generals of Northern Qi, Hu Luguang, Duan Shao, and Gao Changgong.
1. Huo Luguang
Huo Luguang (斛律光), also spelled Mingyue , was a famous general and military figure of Northern Qi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a native of Shuo Prefecture (朔州, in present-day Shuo County, Shanxi), a member of the Gaoche clan, a young worker, and a general. Known for its martial arts.
Once hunting with Sejong Gao Cheng, he saw a large bird flying in the clouds, Huo Luguang led a bow to shoot it, right in the neck, the big bird like a wheel spinning and landing on the ground, but it turned out to be a large eagle, so it was called "Falling Eagle Dudu" by the people of the time. Later, he worshiped the Great General, Taifu, the Right Minister, and the Left Minister. He was brave and good at war, and in the nearly twenty years of battles with northern Zhou, he commanded many battles and won victories. In 569, the Zhou army besieged Yiyang, cut off the grain road of the Qi army, and he led 30,000 troops to break the Yiyang Zhou army, and then passed the grain transportation. The Zhou army resumed the attack, and he led the army to meet the battle, and won another victory, capturing northern Zhou Kaifu Yi and the third division Yuwen Ying and others. The following year, he led his people to build fortifications in Pinglong and other places, and faced the Northern Zhou Hui general Wei Xiaokuan,000 people on foot, broke it, and took thousands of prisoners. He ruled the army strictly, was a pioneer, did not engage in selfish interests, and was respected by his subordinates.
In 572, the Northern Zhou general Wei Xiaokuan (魏孝宽) used a counter-plot, and the Northern Qi emperor Gao Weizhong killed Hu Luguang.
2. Duan Shao
Duan Shao (段韶), courtesy name Xiaoxian, was a famous general, military strategist, and hero of the founding of the State of Qi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and a meritorious contributor to the Northern Qi Kai State.
Duan Shao was brilliant, commanded the army outside qi, and participated in the government and politics of the dprk internally. In 546, Gao Huan's army besieged the Western Wei city of Yubi for several days, killing and wounding more than 70,000 people. Gao Huan was critically ill, and before his death, he instructed his son and his ministers: "All major military matters must be discussed with Duan Shao. In 553, Liang led the Eastern White Front to invade Northern Qi, and Duan Shao was ordered to fight, defeat the Liang army, and kill the Eastern White Front. After that, whenever there was a war between Northern Qi and Northern Zhou, the general who led the troops was duan Shao, and he could win victories.
In 571, northern Qi and northern Zhou confronted each other on the border for several months, and Duan Shao was critically ill in the army, and he died the night of the plan to destroy the Zhou army.
3. Tall and long
Gao Su (高蘇), courtesy name Gao Changgong (高長恭), king of Lanling, was a filial piety, known by the name of Xiao Yong (骁勇) and good at war, and was the fourth son of Emperor Wenxiang of Northern Qi, Gao Cheng, a military warrior and grandson of Gao Huan, the founder of Northern Qi, and the founder of Eastern Wei, and was named the King of Lanling. It is said that because the face is too feminine and not enough to intimidate the enemy, he wears a strange mask every time he fights.
In 565, the Zhou army launched a major attack and besieged Luoyang. Gao Changgong led five hundred knights to rush through the siege of the Zhou army and burst into Jin Yongcheng (Luoyang), which was surrounded by the Zhou army. The Qi soldiers in the city could not recognize who was coming, suspecting that it was the enemy's plan, so the King of Lanling took off his lower jaws and showed his dignity, and the city's army was greatly encouraged, and hundreds of crossbowmen fell to meet them, and soon the Zhou army was forced to withdraw and lift the siege. In order to celebrate the victory, the samurai compiled the "Lanling King's Entry Song".
In 573, Gao Changgong was given poisoned wine by Gao Wei, the lord of Northern Qi.