In 1127 AD, the Jin Dynasty attacked the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo, creating the "Jingkang Disaster" and capturing all the two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, at this time the entire Song Dynasty was leaderless and urgently needed a new emperor to lead the anti-Jin struggle. So King Zhao of Kang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, and the history was called Emperor Gaozong of Song. Forced by the situation, Emperor Gaozong of Song used yue fei, Han Shizhong and other famous anti-Jin generals, but in fact only used military deployment as a bargaining chip on the negotiating table, and had no intention of recovering the Central Plains.
During the War of Resistance Against Jin, Yue Fei deeply felt that it was far from enough to rely on his own strength, so he repeatedly asked the imperial court for the support of some elite generals. In 1134 AD, the Court of the Southern Song Dynasty transferred a strong general, Niugao, to Yue Fei for use, yue Fei was very happy after learning about it, promoted him to the pacification envoy of the four states on the spot, and soon promoted him to the commander of the Chinese army, the speed of promotion was almost the same as that of a helicopter, so who was Niugao, why did he get Yue Fei's appreciation and promotion?
It turned out that before Niu Gao joined the Yue family army, he had led the people of his hometown to resist the invasion of the Jin Dynasty, so the two were both anti-Jin generals, and the two had long been close friends and had a very deep feeling. After this, Niu Gao served as the deputy commander of the Yue family army for a long time, and made great achievements. In 1134, the pseudo-Qi general Li Cheng, in collusion with tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, invaded, and the six counties of Xiangyang soon fell, and in such a severe situation, Yue Fei ordered Niu Gao to lead the Yue family army to Luzhou for defense.
At this time, the pseudo-Qi 5,000 cavalry had reached the city of Luzhou and constantly provoked the defenders in the city, so Niu Gao led the Yue family army to fight. After arriving at the battlefield, Niu Gao immediately crossed his knife and roared angrily in front of the battle: "Niu Gao is here, why are you boys here?" This loud cry frightened the 5,000 cavalry of the Pseudo-Qi Dynasty into shock and collapsed without a fight, while Niu Gao took the opportunity to lead the Yue family army to pursue and kill the enemy army for 30 miles, killing dozens of its important generals, which greatly strengthened the determination of the local people to resist the Jin Dynasty.
After that, Niu Gao followed Yue Fei in the southern expedition to the north, and performed very heroically in attacking the northern important town of Xuchang and other places, becoming the main force in the Yue family's army. However, it is regrettable that his ending is also as tragic as Yue Fei's, after Yue Fei was killed by Qin Juniper, Qin Juniper was very jealous of Niugao's important position in the Yue family's army, so he took the opportunity to poison in the banquet and killed this veteran general of the Yue family army who had experienced hundreds of battles.