The size of the Bulgarian army under…
916 CE
The size of the Bulgarian army under Simeon I is unknown.
Although they had ruined the negotiations, the Bulgarians are still afraid that the old allies of the Empire, the Pechenegs and the Hungarians, will attack them from the north, so two small armies are sent to protect the northern borders of the vast Bulgarian empire that spreads from Bosnia in the west to the Dnieper River in the east.
In addition, Bulgarian forces under Marmais are deployed near the western borders with the Serb principalities to prevent possible unrest.