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Chapter 4358 4360 [Skills are close to Taoism]

Pregnant in October and giving birth once.

Song Yuzhi successfully gave birth to a baby boy.

Xiang Nan named him Kou Zhen. Zhen means "to reach (a beautiful state)", such as reaching the peak, becoming more and more perfect; it also means "complete", such as reaching the highest point...

All in all, this is a word with a very good meaning.

Song Que also thought that this name was very good. Originally, after Kou Zhen was born, Song Que planned to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate.

But not long after Kou Zhen was born, Song Shidao fought with Li Shimin and was defeated.

Just as Xiang Nan had worried earlier, although Song Shidao's troops were better equipped, he himself was not very good at fighting. As a result, after being lured deep into the territory by Li Shimin and having their food supply cut off, the Song army was in great chaos and suffered heavy casualties.

Although Song Shidao led his army out of the encirclement, a large amount of baggage was taken away, especially the artillery equipped by the Song army, which was seized by the Li clan.

This also caused the equipment of the Li clan to be temporarily on par with that of the Song clan, making up for the gap, but also made it increasingly difficult for the Song clan to fight, and they were defeated by the army led by Li Shimin.

In less than three months, they had lost Xu, Beng, Jing and Chu. Fortunately, there was the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, so they could confront the Li clan across the river.

Song Que was furious when he learned of his son's disastrous defeat.

Because it was really unfair for my son to lose.

Obviously, their equipment was better than that of the Li clan, their soldiers were of better quality and of equal numbers, and they were definitely capable of fighting. However, they fell into the enemy's trap of luring the enemy deep into their territory, and their food supply was cut off.

How could such a low-level and childish mistake happen?

Moreover, after the defeat, they did not organize a timely resistance, but instead lost Xuzhou, Bengbu, and Jingchu. As a result, the Song clan was left with only the area south of the Yangtze River.

With this area alone, it would be extremely difficult to resist the Li clan that had occupied Qin, Jin, Sichuan, Chongqing, Central Plains, Jingchu, Xuzhou and Bang. Therefore, 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 he was able to defeat Yu Wenzhi before was purely because Song Shidao had better equipment and Yu Wenzhi was not as good at leading troops.

On the one hand, Li Shimin was a wise ruler who went down in history. Not only was he a first-rate warrior, he was also a first-rate ruler in governing the country, so it was not unfair for Song Shidao to lose to him.

If Song Que did not take action and allowed Li Shimin and Song Shidao to continue fighting, Song Shidao would not be able to defend Jiangxia and Jiangdu and would retreat to Lingnan sooner or later.

……

In the following year, Xiang Nan continued to hone his spirit and temper his will. His spirit became stronger and stronger, his will became firmer and firmer, and he was getting closer and closer to the realm of "Sword Heart Enlightenment".

And his sword intent became more and more sharp.

As the saying goes, "Skills can advance to the Tao, and art can reach the spirit." 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 kendo can be divided into sword moves, sword momentum, and sword intent.

The first level is to master all kinds of sword techniques and sword moves, to integrate them into one's own, and to reach this level, one is already considered a master of kendo.

It's like Ren Woxing in "Swordsman", fighting with Linghu Chong in the dungeon at the bottom of West Lake, using more than a dozen superb sword techniques, which opened Linghu Chong's eyes. In the second level, the moves are no longer important, but the momentum and courage of the swordsman are important, and one can even defeat the enemy without fighting.

It's like the middle-aged Ah Fei in "Border Town Prodigal Son". He has no sword on his waist, only a wooden stick. But this wooden stick has made Fu Hongxue, who would kill gods and Buddhas, dare not draw his sword.

The third level is the sword intention, which is the spirit and will of the swordsman. The stronger the spirit and the firmer the will, the easier it is to win.

Just like Emperor Shitian in "Wind and Cloud", who originally had thousands of years of cultivation and his inner strength was rare in the world. However, his will was not firm, and he would shrink back when he encountered setbacks, so he was beaten up by Wu Wudi.

When Wu Wudi was fighting against Bu Jingyun, he accidentally fell into quicksand, which caused his will to waver and he was eventually defeated by Bu Jingyun.

Moreover, when one reaches the realm of "Sword Intent", because the swordsman's will is extremely strong, he can already mobilize the power of heaven and earth to fight against the enemy.

The eighth move of Heavenly Blade Song Que, "Heaven and Earth Cannot Forbear", stirred up the power of heaven and earth, which together excluded Xiang Nan, almost causing him to lose. Fortunately, Song Que probably did not fully comprehend this move, and the power of heaven and earth he stirred up was not strong enough, so Xiang Nan did not lose.

If he had comprehended it more deeply, Xiang Nan would probably have died suddenly.

In "Feng Yun", there are Xuanyin Sword Intent, Crimson Sword Intent, Six Destruction Sword Intent, Nameless Sword Intent and so on. The power of these sword intents is extremely strong.

For example, the Twelve Xuanyin Swords represent the Xuanyin sword intent. After Jian Chen, who was originally a rookie, obtained the first six swords, he easily defeated Juexin who had taken Dragon Yuan, and Wu Wudi who had beaten Emperor Shitian.

After Juexin obtained the red sword intent of Chi Jue in the Wutan Purgatory, he became a top master and defeated Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun, and his fame was unmatched.

After obtaining the "Six Destruction Secret Book", Long Er also awakened the Three Worlds Sword Intentions in his body and practiced the Six Destruction Sword Twenty-Three. His strength surpassed Lian Chengzhi, who had already practiced the Red Fire Divine Art and absorbed all the power of the Great Demon God and became the strongest person in the world.

Therefore, Song Que only touched the edge of the "sword intent".

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During this year, the war went as Xiang Nan had expected, and Song Shidao was unable to hold even Jiangxia and Jiangdu.

Li Shimin's army launched three attacks from Sichuan and Chongqing, Jingxiang and the sea.

The Haisha Gang, which was previously loyal to the Yuwen clan, and the Jujing Gang, which was previously loyal to the Dugu clan, both defected to the Li clan. They used boats to transport the Li clan's troops from the sea and launched an attack from behind Song Shidao.

As a result, Song Shidao was faced with a three-way attack and was completely unable to defend himself. He had no choice but to retreat with his troops, from Yangzhou to Ganzhou, and then from Ganzhou to Shaoguan...

Li Shimin led his army to occupy Jiangnan, Jingchu, Fujian and Zhejiang, and marched straight to Lingnan.

Seeing the war deteriorate to this point, Song Que could not help but feel anxious and angry. He was a hero in his lifetime, invincible in the world, but he did not expect his son to 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. In this way, the Song family will lose their foothold, and he is so angry that he really wants to kill Song Shidao with a knife.

Song Shidao himself felt very aggrieved.

He had no intention of fighting, he just wanted to live with Shang Xiuxun, singing and dancing with the moon, but his father Song Que insisted on letting him lead the army. In the end, they lost the battle, and they blamed him for being incompetent, which was really unreasonable.

But at this moment, Song Que had no better solution, so he had to ask Xiang Nan to come out.

"My dear son-in-law, you promised me that you would at least keep one of my places in Lingnan." He looked at Xiang Nan and said, "Are you willing to fulfill your promise now?"

Xiang Nan nodded.