Not really. The army ratios won't change greatly over such a small period, and to be frank you are just giving your neighbours time to get cats and cat your smithy (if they are smart) or academy (if they want to stop you fast). Not only that, but the armies with each day passing are slightly bigger which means bigger losses that take longer to rebuild.
Next, if you have an academy and your neighbours have 1k villages then you can grow your second/third/fourth/fifth village faster then them (meaning more points) and you can start building troops sooner (meaning a army built there can start farming and make the village self sufficient quicker).