Chapter 4358 Chapter 4360 [Skills are closer to the Tao]
Pregnancy lasts ten months and gives birth once.
Song Yuzhi successfully gave birth to Lin'er.
Xiang Nan named him Kou Zhen. Zhen means "reaching (a beautiful state, such as reaching the peak, becoming more and more perfect; it means "complete", such as reaching the highest level...
All in all, this is a word with a very good meaning.
Song Que also thought this name was very good. Originally, after Kou Zhen came into the world, Song Que planned to make a big deal and celebrate it.
But not long after Kou Zhen was born, Song Shidao fought with Li Shimin and suffered a defeat.
Just as Xiang Nan had worried earlier, although Song Shidao's soldiers and horses were better equipped, he himself was not very good at fighting. Therefore, after Li Shimin lured the enemy deep into the country, he cut off the food route, causing the Song army's morale to become chaotic and a large number of soldiers to appear. casualties.
Although Song Shidao led his army to break out of the siege, a large amount of baggage was taken away. In particular, a large number of artillery equipped by the Song Army were captured by Li Clan.
This also caused the Li clan's equipment to be temporarily equal to that of the Song clan, making up for the gap. It also made the Song clan more difficult to fight, and was defeated by Li Shimin's army.
In less than three months, Xu Beng and Jing Chu had been lost. Fortunately, there was still the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and they could still confront the Li clan across the river.
Song Que was very angry when he learned about his son's defeat.
Because my son really shouldn’t have lost.
The equipment is clearly better than that of the Li Clan, and the soldiers are of better quality and similar in quantity, so they are definitely capable of fighting. However, he actually fell into the opponent's plan to lure the enemy deeper, and was cut off from his food supply.
How could such a low-level and childish mistake happen?
Moreover, after the first defeat, they did not organize resistance in time, but instead lost Xu Beng and Jing Chu. As a result, the Song clan was left with only the area south of the Yangtze River.
With this area alone, it would be difficult to resist the Li Clan who had already occupied Qin, Jin, Sichuan and Chongqing, Zhongyuan, Jingchu, and Xu Beng. That's why Song Que was very angry.
Xiang Nan was mentally prepared for this.
On the one hand, Song Shidao was not good at fighting. The reason why they were able to defeat Yu Wenhuaji before was purely because the Song family had better equipment and because Yu Wenhuaji was better at leading troops.
On the one hand, Li Shimin is a wise king who will go down in history. Not only is his ability to fight first-class, but his ability to govern the country is also first-class, so Song Shidao's defeat to him is not unfair at all.
If Song Que did not take action and allowed Li Shimin and Song Shidao to continue fighting, then Song Shidao would not be able to defend Jiangxia and Jiangdu, and sooner or later he would retreat to Lingnan.
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Over the next year, Xiang Nan continued to sharpen his spirit and temper his will. His spirit became stronger and stronger, his will became more determined, and he got closer and closer to the state of "the heart of the sword is clear".
And his sword intent is getting sharper and sharper.
As the saying goes, "Skills can advance to the Tao, and arts can reach the gods." When any skill is honed to the highest level, it can touch the "Tao", which is the law of heaven and earth.
According to Xiang Nan, the realm of swordsmanship can be divided into sword moves, sword power, and sword intent.
It's like Ren Woxing in "The Swordsman" had a sword fight with Linghu Chong in the dungeon at the bottom of the West Lake. He used more than a dozen superb sword techniques, which opened Linghu Chong's eyes. At the second level, moves are no longer important, only the momentum and courage of the sword wielder are important. You can even defeat others without fighting.
Just like the middle-aged Ah Fei in "Border Town Prodigal", he has no sword on his waist, only a wooden stick. But this wooden stick has already blocked gods from killing gods, and Fu Hongxue, who is blocking Buddhas from killing Buddhas, does not dare to use the sword.
The third level is sword intention, which is the spirit and will of competing swordsmen. The stronger the spirit and the more determined the will, the easier it is to win.
Just like Emperor Shitian in "Wind and Cloud", he originally had thousands of years of cultivation, and his profound internal strength is rare in this world. However, his will was not firm and he would shrink back when encountering setbacks, so he was beaten violently by Wu Wudi.
When Wu Wudi was fighting Bu Jingyun, he accidentally fell into the quicksand, which also caused his will to waver, and he was ultimately defeated by Bu Jingyun.
And when it reaches the realm of "Sword Will", because the swordsman's will is very strong, he can already mobilize the power of heaven and earth to fight against the enemy.
Song Que's eighth form of Heavenly Sword, "Heaven and Earth cannot tolerate it," mobilized the power of heaven and earth to crowd out Xiang Nan, almost causing him to lose. Fortunately, Song Que probably didn't understand this move thoroughly, and the power of heaven and earth it evoked was not strong enough, so Xiang Nan didn't lose.
If he had penetrated deeper, Xiang Nan might have died violently.
In "Wind and Cloud", there are Xuanyin Sword Intent, Red Sword Intent, Six Destruction Sword Intent, Nameless Sword Intent, etc. These swords are all extremely powerful.
For example, the Twelve Xuanyin Swords represent the Xuanyin Sword Intent. After Jianchen, a novice, obtained the first six swords, he easily defeated Juexin, who had taken Long Yuan, and Wu Wudi, who had violently beaten Emperor Shitian.
After Juexin obtained Chi Jue's red sword intention in Wutian Purgatory, he also became a top master, defeating Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun, and his popularity was also the same for a while.
After Longer obtained the "Secret Book of Six Destructions", he also awakened the sword intention of the three generations in his body and practiced the Six Destructions Sword Twenty-Three. His strength surpassed that of those who had already practiced the Red Fire Divine Skill, and absorbed all the skills of the Great Demon God. His strength was the highest. Unparalleled Liancheng Zhi in the world.
Therefore, Song Que only touched the edge of "Sword Intent".
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Within this year, the war turned out as Xiang Nan expected, and Song Shidao was unable to defend even Jiangxia and Jiangdu.
Li Shimin's army launched a three-pronged attack from Sichuan, Chongqing, Jingxiang and the sea.
The Haisha Gang, who were previously loyal to the Yuwen Clan, and the Giant Whale Gang, who were loyal to the Dugu Clan, all defected to the Li Clan. They used ships to transport Li Clan's troops across the sea, and went around to the rear of Song Shidao to launch an attack.
As a result, Song Shidao was unable to defend himself against the three-pronged attack, so he had to withdraw again and again with his troops, from Yangzhou to Ganzhou, and from Ganzhou to Shaoguan...
Li Shimin led the army to occupy Jiangnan, Jingchu, Fujian and Zhejiang and other places, and came directly to Lingnan.
Seeing that the war had gone so far, Song Que couldn't help but feel anxious and angry. He was a hero all his life and was invincible in the world, but he didn't expect that his son would be so useless and was defeated by Li Yuan's son.
Now Li Shimin has led his army to attack Shaoguan, and is one step away from entering Lingnan. As a result, the Song family would lose their foothold, and he was so angry that he really wanted to kill Song Shidao with a knife.
Song Shidao himself was also very aggrieved.
He had no intention of fighting, he just wanted to stay together with Shang Xiuxun, singing in the wind and moonlight, but his father Song Que insisted on letting him lead the army. After losing the battle, it is really unreasonable to blame him for his incompetence.
But at this moment, Song Que had no other choice but to ask Xiang Nan to come out.
"Xian son-in-law, you promised me to keep at least one of my places in Lingnan." He looked at Xiang Nan and said, "Now are you willing to fulfill your promise?"
Xiang Nan nodded.