Thanks for the advice, lads.

Yeah, I noticed that Mongol Heavies only have an upkeep of 50 florins!!! Sweet, sweet economics.

I've got about 15K in the bank, but I'm a bit funny about inheriting battle-damaged stacks of former rebels. Especially when I can't replace them.

If I bribe just a couple of stacks at a time, I can simply abandon the province when the battle screen comes up can't I, like, without losing the troops to ransom? They'll be transported next door to Georgia, yeah?