I just started my Hayastan campaign again about an hour ago. Without disbanding the mediuim cavalry I attacked Kois and Mtveshtka, scoring heroic victories in both. My initial 5000 gold was spend on sanization, roads, and forgot what else..but I had 800 gold left over. We have more than enough troops to start with so I haven't build a single one, we can take all 3 cities without recruiting more.

I went into debt for 2 turns at 1000 gold. Once I captured my second city, I disbanded what remained of the medium cav and now I'm positive over 1000. I will next attack Ani-Kamah and stop my expansion there. Will disband any units that arent vital for my defense and start saving up to build mines and build up Armavir. Hopefully my mines will be up before the AS attack.