Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Ten months of pregnancy, one day of delivery.

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 peak...

In short, 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 was going to celebrate it with a big ceremony.

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 troops were better equipped, he himself was not very good at fighting. Therefore, after being lured into the enemy's depth by Li Shimin, the food supply was cut off, causing chaos in the Song army and a large number of casualties.

Although Song Shidao led his army to break out of the siege, a large number of baggage were taken away. In particular, the artillery equipped by the Song army was seized by the Li family in large quantities.

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, and also made the Song clan more and more difficult in the battle, and was defeated by Li Shimin's army.

In less than three months, Xuzhou, Beng, and Jingchu had been lost. Fortunately, there was the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, and they could still confront the Li clan across the river.

Song Que was very angry when he heard the news of his son's defeat.

Because his son's defeat was really not right.

Obviously, the equipment was better than that of the Li clan, the quality of the soldiers was also strong, and the number was also equal, and there was definitely a fighting force. But they actually fell into the opponent's plan to lure the enemy deep into the depths, and their food supply was cut off.

Such a low-level and childish mistake, how could it happen.

Moreover, after the defeat, they did not organize resistance in time, but instead lost Xuzhou, Beng, and Jingchu one after another. In this way, the Song clan only had the area south of the Yangtze River.

It would be difficult to resist the Li clan, which had occupied Qinjin, Sichuan, Chongqing, Central Plains, Jingchu, and Xuzhou, relying on this area alone. 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 why he was able to defeat Yuwen Huaji before was purely because the Song family had better equipment and Yuwen Huaji's ability to lead troops was even worse.

On the other hand, Li Shimin was a wise king who was famous in history. He was not only first-class in fighting, but also first-class in governing the country, so it was not unfair for Song Shidao to lose to him.

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

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In the next year, Xiang Nan continued to sharpen his spirit and temper his will. His spirit became stronger and stronger, his will became more and more firm, and he was getting closer and closer to the realm of "sword heart enlightenment".

And his sword intention became more and more sharp.

As the saying goes, "skills can advance to the Tao, and art can reach the gods". When any skill is honed to the highest level, it can touch the "Tao", that 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 intention.

The first realm is to master all kinds of sword techniques and sword moves, integrate them, and reach this realm. It is considered a master of kendo.

It's like Ren Woxing in "Swordsman", who fought with Linghu Chong in the dungeon at the bottom of West Lake, and used more than a dozen high-level sword techniques, which opened Linghu Chong's eyes.

The second realm is that the moves are no longer important, and the momentum and courage of the sword holder are important, and even the enemy can be defeated without fighting.

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

The third realm is 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" originally had a thousand years of cultivation, and his inner strength was rare in the world. But his will was not firm, and he would shrink back when he encountered setbacks, so he was beaten by Wu Wudi.

When Wu Wudi fought against Bu Jingyun, he accidentally fell into the quicksand, which also caused his will to waver, and he was finally defeated by Bu Jingyun.

And when he reached the realm of "Sword Intent", because the swordsman's will was very strong, he could already mobilize the power of heaven and earth to fight against the enemy.

The eighth move of Tiandao Song Que, "Heaven and Earth Cannot Tolerate", mobilized the power of heaven and earth to exclude Xiang Nan, almost making him lose. Fortunately, Song Que should not have comprehended this move thoroughly, and the power of heaven and earth he mobilized was not strong, so Xiang Nan did not lose.

If he had comprehended it more deeply, Xiang Nan might have died directly.

In "Wind and Cloud", there are Xuanyin Sword Intent, Red Sword Intent, Six Destruction Sword Intent, Nameless Sword Intent, etc., and the power of these sword intents is extremely powerful.

For example, the Xuanyin Twelve Swords, which 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 Wutian Purgatory, he also became a top master, defeated Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun, and was also in the limelight.

After Long Er obtained the "Six Destruction Secret Book", he also awakened the three-life sword intent in his body and practiced the Six Destruction Sword Twenty-three. His strength surpassed Lian Chengzhi, who had practiced the Red Fire Divine Art and absorbed all the power of the Great Demon God and was the strongest in the world.

Therefore, Song Que only touched the edge of the "Sword Intent".

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And during this year, the war was as Xiang Nan expected, and Song Shidao could not even defend Jiangxia and Jiangdu.

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

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

In this way, Song Shidao was facing a three-way attack and could not defend himself at all. He had to withdraw his army again and again, from Yangzhou to Ganzhou, and from Ganzhou to Shaoguan...

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

Seeing that the war had deteriorated to this point, Song Que couldn't help but feel anxious and angry. He was a hero in his lifetime and invincible in the world, but he didn't expect his son to be so useless and was beaten back by Li Yuan's son.

Now Li Shimin has led his army to attack Shaoguan, and he is just 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 is also very wronged.

He had no intention of fighting, he just wanted to live with Shang Xiuxun, singing and dancing under the moonlight, but his father Song Que insisted that he lead the army. In the end, he lost the battle, and he was blamed for his incompetence, which was really unreasonable.

But at this moment, Song Que had no better way, 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 place in Lingnan for me." He looked at Xiang Nan and said, "Are you willing to fulfill your promise now?"

Xiang Nan nodded.