The next day, Wei Hong increased the difficulty, from 10 kilometers to 15 kilometers, and each person had to carry 30 kilograms. As a result, this time, no one passed, even Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin were the same, this result was expected. After running for three days in a row, people began to pass one after another, and by the fifth day, all of them had passed this level of difficulty. Wei Hong increased the difficulty of training again, 15 kilometers became 20 kilometers, the weight remained the same, and the subsequent 200 push-ups also became 400. Again, they all failed, and it wasn't until another five days later that everyone began to get used to it.

Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin were very excited, but within a few days, they were as tired as their grandsons, and after training every day, they fell asleep. What they are looking forward to most is the afternoon martial arts training, at least as instructors, they don't need to exert too much effort and can take time to rest.

At a time when 3,000 people were stepping up their training, there were also achievements in the workshop, and the equipment of a thousand cavalrymen was made. The equipment of the cavalry was divided into two parts, the armor of the cavalry and the armor of the mount. Although the original intention was to create heavy cavalry, the speed of the war horse could not be ignored, so the armor of the war horse was specially designed by Wei Hong, which was very different from the armor of this era. In this era, the armor of the war horse is chain mail, although the defense is high, but it is very bulky, and after the war horse wears the chain mail, the speed of running is not even fast. The armor designed by Wei Hong is not a whole, but consists of two parts, the front part is a very thin piece of polished iron, and behind the iron piece is attached a vine armor, and behind the rattan armor is a very thick rag. It's about the same thickness as chain mail, but it's only half as heavy as chain mail, and its defense is about the same as chain mail. The structure of the second half is the same as that of the first half, but the shape is very different. The first half resembles a heart guard, mainly to prevent bows and spears from causing damage to the horses. The second half will simply wrap the horse's hind thighs to prevent infantry slashes in close combat.

In addition to the armor of the horses, the other part was the armor of the cavalry. Wei Hong's design concept is based on the knights of Eastern Europe, the whole shape is like Iron Man, and the cavalry can resist any kind of attack from any direction after wearing the armor. The structure of the armor is very complex, with iron on the outside, cotton in the middle, a thin iron mesh behind the cotton, and finally cotton cloth. It is lightweight, has high defense, and can also play a role in heat preservation. And the armor of the cavalry can be integrated with the armor of the horse, and theoretically as long as the horse does not fall, the cavalry will not fall off the horse.

Finally, there was the armament of the cavalry, which was standard with a spear, a saber, and a crossbow arrow. The spear was the main weapon of the heavy cavalry, and played a key role in the first charge. And the saber is used in close combat. The crossbow is the first wave of attacks to be launched when it is not in contact. Wei Hong deliberately improved the bow and crossbow, thickening and lengthening the bow arm of the bow and crossbow to make the range larger.

After the cavalry equipment was built, Wei Hong separated the 1,000 cavalry from the training team and conducted separate equestrian training. Yu Chi Baolin's equestrian skills were better than Cheng Chumo's, so Wei Hong asked Yu Chi Baolin to be the commander of the cavalry.

After another twenty days, the equipment of the two thousand infantry was also made. There is only one part of the equipment of the infantry, which is the heavy armor of the infantry. The exterior looks similar to the armor of a cavalryman, but on the right shoulder there is an extra plate armor, on which are inlaid with a dozen iron awls half a foot long. The plate armor and armor covered with iron awls were not one, they could be removed, and their main purpose was to defend against cavalry charges. Because the heavy infantry was heavily equipped and relied on the infantry to carry its own weight, it was unable to carry long weapons such as spears and spears, and could not effectively resist the attack of cavalry, and plate armor with iron cones took on this task. When facing a cavalry charge, you can effectively kill and injure the opponent's mount by inlaying the thorn armor on your right shoulder in a half-crouching posture and pointing the iron cone forward. Since the internal structure of the armor plays a shock-absorbing role, even if it is directly hit by a war horse, it will be knocked down at most and will not be injured.

Considering that human strength is limited, and when fighting the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, it is necessary to swing the knife quickly, so the weapons of the heavy infantry are all Tang swords. It is lightweight, lethal, swings fast, and is easy to carry. Due to the complexity of the workmanship of Tang knives and the lack of heavy machine tools, it was impossible to rush to produce them in a short time, so the two thousand Tang knives were purchased from several nearby states and counties for a lot of money.

In the end, Wei Hong calculated the account, the cost of equipment for heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, plus the food eaten by these people, cost a total of nearly 200,000 taels of silver, which was more than double the budget. Looking at the thick bills, Wei Hong had a headache, for fear that Comrade Lao Li would repay the bills.

After all the equipment was ready, Wei Hong asked all the men and horses to put on the equipment and train in the posture of wearing the equipment. At first, the training was quite effective, and the physical fitness of each soldier was greatly improved. But each set of these equipment weighs seventy or eighty pounds, and after putting it on, it is like falling into a quagmire, and you can't exert your strength. In order to let the soldiers adapt to the equipment, Wei Hong ordered them not to take off even if they ate and went to the toilet, and it took twenty-four hours to run in with the equipment, and finally it took five days for the soldiers to adapt to the equipment.

At this time, a lot of time had passed, and the Hui Turks had made frequent moves, so in order to prevent emergencies, Wei Hong ordered the troops to step up training. The intensity of the training was twice as high as before, and they could only sleep five hours a day, so that the soldiers became more able to eat, and they had to eat at least 800 cattle a day, and the cattle in the entire Horsehair Mountain were almost eaten up by the soldiers.

The local merchants and people who sold the cattle to Wei Hong did not know at first that Wei Hong bought the cattle to go back to eat, but when they found out, they jointly wrote a letter and sued Wei Hong in front of Comrade Lao Li. Comrade Lao Li called Wei Hong to him that night, pointed at his nose and scolded him fiercely, and ordered Wei Hong not to eat beef for soldiers from now on, and even if he wanted to eat meat, he would replace it with other meat, such as pork, chicken, duck, and so on.

At the beginning, Wei Hong didn't understand why this was the case, and he was scolded for no reason, and he was very aggrieved. After going back, after some silent explanations in the process, Wei Hong understood.

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