600 Successful Deterrance

While Berengar enjoyed his brief vacation with his harem in a distant corner of the world; an army had gathered on the edges of the Byzantine and Timurid borders. Currently A middle-aged Arab man stood atop a dune and gazed in the distance towards his rival's line of defense. Upon witnessing the combined forces of Germany, Byzantium, and Georgia gathered in the area of interest, he snorted in displeasure before riding back to his master in the field below. 

The Timurid Empire had spared no expense to raise the largest army they could manage. Three hundred thousand men lie in wait for the opportune moment to invade the west, and in doing so, declare jihad.