The new army recruited this time to directly expand the number to 1,500 people, and a total of more than 400 new recruits have arrived today.

Wang Dong's more than 400 new armies were not in the same place as the original soldiers and horses of the Bingzhou Unified Military Government, and these new armies needed to go through a series of training before they could be incorporated into different prefecture regiments.

This time, the number of soldiers was the largest in the second class, followed by the second class, and the minimum number of soldiers in the first class was less than 50.

Wang Dong led his horse to search in the camp, and finally found the new military captain in front of dozens of large tents, and according to the instructions, Wang Dong deposited his horses and brought his equipment to the recorder.

The recorder was responsible for keeping a record of the personal belongings of each new soldier who entered the camp and the weapons and other equipment they carried.

According to the relevant regulations on the military post, each soldier must carry three different weapons, but there are no strict requirements for protective gear.

"What is this?" When the recorder took out his dumbbells and sandbag from Wang Dong's baggage, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

Wang Dong explained: "Oh, these are new things I made myself, called dumbbells and sandbags. ”

"Dumbbell punching bag?" The recorder frowned slightly, and looked at Wang Dong suspiciously.

However, the recorder did not find anything strange in these things, so he took up the pen and wrote them down. When Wang Dong's customized armor appeared in front of the recorder, the recorder was obviously a little surprised.

Although, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that armor, heavy crossbows and other items were strictly controlled by the imperial court and were forbidden to be owned by private individuals. However, when it comes to armor, there is a bit of a blind eye. First, armor is expensive compared to ordinary weapons, and it is not something that ordinary people can use; Second, the soldiers of the imperial court could not equip everyone with armor at all, and even five or six people could not share even one piece, and there was a serious shortage of armor, so it was not too restrictive for soldiers to have armor themselves.

And when the recorder saw Wang Dong's exquisite armor, he was naturally very surprised.

After a short period of surprise, the greedy gaze flashed away from the eyes of the recorder, and then raised his head to look at Wang Dong, and said: "A piece of chain leather armor, weighing ten catties and twelve taels, and one hundred and eight pieces of iron armor, will be distributed to Wang Dong, a second-class soldier, and returned when it is used up!" ”

As he spoke, the recorder had already written what he had said on the back of Wang Dong's armor.

"Wait." The more Wang Dong listened, the more wrong he became, "Return it after use?" This armor belongs to me, to whom will it be returned? ”

The recorder looked up, frowned, and rebuked, "Bastard! This armor is obviously the equipment of the treasury, but it is only temporarily divided for your use, when did it become yours? ”

"I obviously bought this armor for six hundred dollars......"

"Bold! My Datang Law Code clearly stipulates that private individuals are not allowed to possess armor, heavy crossbows and other things, but they are forbidden, if you have them! It's a felony! The recorder glared at Wang Dong and shouted at Wang Dong.

"Felony?" Wang Dong was taken aback, looking at the expression of the recorder, and secretly said in his heart, "This is clearly a robbery!" ”

"What? This armor, or is it not yours? The recorder looked at Wang Dong meaningfully and asked.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves, even if he Wang Dong is reasonable, what can he do? But fortunately, although this armor was forcibly taken away by the recorder, it was not so mad that it didn't even give Wang Dong the right to use it, and the right to use this armor was still in Wang Dong's hands for the time being.

If the argument continues, I am afraid that there will be no good result, Wang Dong sighed secretly in his heart, and then said: "This armor is used by the treasury for me." ”

"That's what it looks like." The recorder smiled slightly, as if to say, "You kid is interesting." ”

In fact, it is understandable that this recorder did such a thing, the Tang army lacked armor and other armor, and he did this in the hope that this armor could help more people. Instead of leaving with Wang Dong, after all, armor can only be most effective in the army.

For ordinary people, spears, longbows and other weapons can also be used for hunting and self-defense, but what is the use of a pair of armor? It can only be slowly eroded and decayed, and it is not as great as the role it plays in the army.

Moreover, now that the situation in the north is tense, and the atmosphere of preparation for war in the Turks and Datang is tense, the more good equipment it has, the greater the chance of victory for Datang. Wang Dong's armor seems to be too small, but it should not be underestimated.

Next, the recorder no longer troubled Wang Dong, and it seemed that he also felt a little "guilty" about Wang Dong in his heart, so he quickly assigned the camp with Wang Dong and personally sent him over.

Among the dozens of big tents, Wang Dong turned left and right, and finally stopped near the edge.

"This is your tent." After the recorder finished speaking, he repeatedly admonished, "This armor should be carefully maintained. This shows how much the recorder attaches great importance to this armor.

Seeing the recorder leave, Wang Dong turned around and opened the door of the tent and walked in.

As soon as he entered the camp, the light immediately dimmed, and only a small oil lamp was burning in the tent of dozens of square meters. On the overgrown ground, two rows of couches lined up on either side of the tent, and in the middle were weapon racks for weapons.

Wang Dong's entry immediately attracted the attention of others in the account. In the gloomy tent, Wang Dong couldn't see the faces of these "roommates" clearly, so he could only bow slightly, which was regarded as a greeting. Then he took his belongings and walked towards the weapon rack.

In the camp tent, including Wang Dong, there are only eight people, which is two less than the ordinary ten-person camp tent. So it's a lot wider.

Coming to the side of the weapon holder, Wang Dong couldn't help frowning when he looked at the longbow, horizontal knife and other weapons that had been placed on it. Because Wang Dong found that although these weapons were in the dim light, they could still see stains of rust and loose bowstrings, and even some of the spear heads were dull.

Such a weapon is not an exaggeration to be considered "tattered", used to kill? With a single shot, the enemy may not be stabbed to death, but "hit" to death.

In fact, Wang Dong didn't know that not everyone could get money for weapons from Jiugong like him. Weapons, although much cheaper than armor, are still not affordable for ordinary people.

Especially after three consecutive years of disasters, the people of Datang have difficulty in eating, where is the extra money to buy weapons? These old antique weapons were found by these people.

Wang Dong not only has three well-made weapons, but also a complete set of armor, especially a war horse, in the entire camp, can be described as a "rich" general existence. His weaponry is unique among the more than 400 new armies.

But with such sophisticated equipment, he is only a first-class soldier, and he is afraid that he will be laughed at when he says it.