Chapter 4355 Chapter 4357 [Cultivating Sword Intent]
Three months later, Song Shidao successfully captured Jiangxia, marched to Jingxiang, and began a formal confrontation with the Yuwen Clan.
During this period, the Dugu Clan and Wang Shichong fought successively. The two sides fought fiercely for more than half a year, resulting in numerous casualties, but Luoyang City was not captured for a long time.
The fighting between the two sides caused the people to be displaced and miserable. Wagang Village took the opportunity to recruit refugees and further develop and grow. Seeing the snipe and the clam fighting, the fisherman profited, and the situation in Wagang Village was great.
But at this time, Zhai Rang, the head of Wagang Village, and Li Mi, the second head of Wagang Village, started fighting internally. It turned out that Li Mi's talent and reputation were higher than Zhai Rang's, so Zhai Rang had been worried that he was in danger of usurping the throne.
In addition, recently Li Mi held high the flag of righteousness and gathered the victims who had fled the war, and gained a large number of people and fame. This made Zhai Rang even more troubled, so he prepared to get rid of Li Mi, who was the master of the earthquake.
But in the end, Li Mi was more skilled, and instead got rid of Zhai Rang and took the throne of the head of Wagangzhai.
But because of this, Wagang Village was divided. Many talents who originally belonged to Zhai Rang left Wagang Village and went to other places, weakening the strength of the Wagang Army.
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Two months later, the Li clan suddenly sent troops to attack the city of Chang'an occupied by the Dugu clan.
It turned out that the Dugu Clan had been fighting with Wang Shichong in Luoyang City and constantly sent troops to attack. As a result, Chang'an, his hometown, lacked soldiers and horses and had empty guards. As a result, Li Yuan's second son Li Shimin led an army to capture it.
When the Dugu clan received the news, they were shocked and immediately retreated for reinforcements. As a result, they fell into the trap of "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao" and were ambushed by Li clan's army on the way. The Dugu clan's army suffered numerous casualties. The clan leader Dugu Ce was captured alive and had no choice but to surrender.
Later, the Li clan consolidated the territory of the Dugu clan, recruited Li Mi to surrender, and led his troops to march to Yanzhao to attack Dou Jiande's hinterland.
Dou Jiande had conquered half of Qilu, but because he was born in a poor family and was not from a high-ranking gentry, he was despised by the gentry and encountered many obstacles. Therefore, when his back was attacked, he had to withdraw his troops first to protect his base.
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At the same time, Yu Wenhuaji also led his army to attack Jiangxia, seeking to seize the land of Jingxiang, and launched a war with Song Shidao. But then his imperial army was completely defeated by the well-equipped and advanced Song army.
Because although Yu Wenhuaji's imperial army is considered a strong army, its equipment is different from that of the Song family's army. Moreover, most of the forbidden troops came from Guanzhong and the Central Plains, and were not accustomed to life in southern areas such as Jiangdu.
In particular, the Dugu Clan of Chang'an, Wang Shichong of Luoyang, and the Li Clan of Taiyuan fought successively, which caused them to worry about their relatives, so they did not have high morale to help Yu Wenhuaji conquer the world.
Therefore, when fighting with the Song family's army, not only it was defeated at the first touch, but it was also sluggish. In the end, it was defeated by Song Shidao and had to retreat to Jiangdu again.
As a result, the prestige of the Yuwen clan was greatly reduced, and they basically lost their qualifications to compete for the world. Song Shidao took the opportunity to occupy Jingxiang and Xuben, further expanding his sphere of influence.
"Big brother is really good." Song Yuzhi said in admiration after hearing the good news.
Xiang Nan smiled and nodded, but he was still a little worried.
Because although Song Shidao's expedition went smoothly, he did not encounter a few ruthless characters.
Although Yu Wenhuaji is the commander of the Forbidden Army, his ability to fight is not very strong. If he were fighting with the Song family army, he would not engage in any head-on confrontation.
Instead, they will cut off the Song family's army's retreat, then surround Jiangxia where Song Shidao is located, and then encircle the point for reinforcements. Taking advantage of the Song clan's eagerness to send troops to rescue people, they will set up ambushes at the passes along the way to block them.
All in all, Song Shidao is still at risk of going deep alone, and the rear is actually not strong. Once the forward loses the battle, all the territory he has established before will probably collapse. Just managing the rear area well is not that easy. After all, the Song clan still lacks talents. In a short period of time, there are not so many suitable people to manage it.
However, Xiang Nan did not participate in these battles. During this period, besides accompanying Song Yuzhi, he was studying his own sword intent.
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The so-called sword intention is a higher level of swordsmanship, transcending all concepts of sword moves. The sword moves at will, the mind moves with the heart, the sword heart is transparent, and the candle illuminates everything.
You know yourself, your enemies, and the environment very well, and are not affected by any illusions or disguises. If you know yourself and your enemy, you will naturally be invincible in every battle.
In layman's terms, for masters to compete in martial arts, they need to know themselves, their enemies, and the environment very well.
In "The Passionate Swordsman", before Li Xunhuan duels with others, he will visit the location in advance and conduct a detailed investigation of the environment to make sure he is well aware of it.
But many times encounters happen suddenly and don't give you any time to prepare.
At this time, once you master the sword's intention, reach the state of "the sword's heart is clear", and have a good understanding of yourself, the enemy, and the environment, you will naturally have a better chance of winning.
Swordsman competitions usually consist of feints, real moves, or deliberately exposing flaws to tempt attacks.
Just like Huang Yaoshi's Luoying Divine Sword, the virtual and the real are combined, with five virtual and one real, eight virtual and one real, and even the virtual can turn into real, and the real can turn into virtual.
If you can't distinguish between a feint and a real move and then attack randomly, it will not only be in vain, but will also create opportunities for the other party.
Moreover, in "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the martial arts of Cihang Jingzhai and Momen are very weird. They all combine illusions and spiritual attacks, which are often difficult to guard against.
For example, the sound of the demonic sound of Huanwan and the sound of the flute played by the master's concubine can directly affect people's spirit.
The description of martial arts in the original novel "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is even more terrifying, and Zhu Yuyan's "Magic Field" can even give people the illusion of space collapse;
Shi Zhixuan's "Seal of Immortality" can quickly reverse the energy of life and death in the body, and use the method of detecting, knowing, and confusing the enemy to turn the opponent's true energy into his own use to attack the opponent. This is an extremely clever method. illusion.
Of course, due to the limited cost of the drama version, the "Heavenly Magic Field" and "The Seal of Immortality" in the original novel were not well presented, and they were all changed to "Strong Bricks Flying", which relied entirely on crude Kung Fu skills. It would be a huge regret not to say it.
If you can see through whether the enemy's moves are imaginary, real, illusion, or reality, you will naturally be able to adapt to the situation and make the most correct decision.
Therefore, sword intent is very important.
Once you understand it, you can basically be invincible, and even if you can't beat it, you can still escape in time.
Just like Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling, after mastering the realm of "Moon in the Well", although they still suffered defeats many times, they could still escape even if they couldn't be beaten.
So Xiang Nan began to understand his sword intention.
To understand the meaning of the sword, one must cultivate the power of the soul, the power of the spirit, and the power of the mind.
In short, people with stronger mental power have stronger perception, analysis and adaptability.
Although Xiang Nan is already one of the best, with a superior IQ and strong abilities in perception, analysis, and adaptability, it is still not enough, so he plans to go to Jing Nian Zen Monastery to obtain the hard training skills.