Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Niu Gao 牛皋

Attested AD 1134

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Niu Gao was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1134 京西制置使遣牛皋統兵適至
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 399, passage 106

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 108

Events and relationships

Arrived with Jingxi troops
Military · Commander · With Chou Yu (仇悆)
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 106
Charged and scattered enemy three times
Military · Commander · With Wuzhu (兀朮)
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 107
Claimed four prior defeats of Wuzhu
Military · Commander · With Wuzhu (兀朮) · Mode self-report Speaker Niu Gao (牛皋)
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 108
Enemy fled from his name
Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 109

Assessments and attributes

Assessment famously brave · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 107

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 399Volume 399 Biographies 158: Zheng Jue, Wang Tingxiu, Chou Yu, Gao Deng, Lou Yinliang, Song Ruwei · 3 passages

會京西制置使遣牛皋統兵適至，悆顧左右曰：「召牛觀察來擊賊。」 Just then the Jingxi commissioner sent Niu Gao with troops, who arrived in time. Chou Yu turned to his attendants and said, "Summon Commissioner Niu to attack the enemy."

皋既至，以忠義撼之，皋素勇甚，以二千餘騎馳出，短兵相接，所向披靡，敵稍懾，散而復集者三。 When Niu Gao arrived, Yu stirred him with talk of loyalty and righteousness. Niu Gao was famously brave and charged out with more than two thousand cavalry in close combat, sweeping all before him. The enemy wavered and scattered and regathered three times.

其副徐慶忽墜馬，敵競赴之，皋掖以上，手刜數人，因免胄大呼曰：「我牛皋也，嘗四敗兀朮，可來決死。」 His lieutenant Xu Qing suddenly fell from his horse and the enemy rushed at him. Gao pulled him up, cut down several men with his own hand, then removed his helmet and shouted, "I am Niu Gao! I have defeated Wuzhu four times—come and fight to the death!"