Henry: I rather fear that the Mongols have done your proposed "normalising" of our forces in Outremer for you, Jonas.

Outremer is not yet complete - we must take Damascus and Edessa to fulfill its constitution. However, then by that same constitution, we will switch to a purely defensive stance in the Levant. Nonetheless, I fear we will always require at least two field armies stationed there: one in the south, to guard Jerusalem from Egyptians coming from Gaza and Cairo; the other in the north, to hold off the Turks who are massing north of Adana.