Behind the Olesian Army's supply lines.
Small detachments began making their moves, too.
They attacked the rear!
Only...
Lynn had twice as many people protecting the railway as there were fighting on the front lines.
He also optimized the rear logistics and supply lines, expanding them east and west to create numerous buffer zones and setting up watchtowers.
In fact, many of their elite troops were spending the New Year in the rear.
They were securing the rear.
As a result, the guerrillas found no openings.
The essence of guerrilla warfare was economic and political warfare.
There was nothing especially mysterious about it.
Lynn's approach to the surrounding villages was to occupy the knights' castles directly, assign political commissars, and work with the Church.
They helped the people improve their production and designated areas where they could gather firewood.
Lynn had simply thrown all those idealists into the ranks of the political commissars.
After undergoing various educational and propaganda campaigns, the idealists in the rear also joined forces with the Church's monks and nuns, who were a traditional force for grassroots control.
Politically and economically, they had shut down the enemy's ability to wage guerrilla warfare.
On top of that, Louis had already destroyed the foundation for his own guerrilla campaign.
That was because he had become a vampire.
If he hadn't destroyed that foundation and had spread the message that the North was demonic, then he really could have caused the Olesian Army considerable trouble at the outset.
Unfortunately, he hadn't. He simply hadn't realized it.
The raids on the rear by vampires and Blood Ghosts caused no serious supply problems. Instead, they trained the Olesian elite troops for battle.
The fighting moved to the Guanglan battlefield, where combat continued into the second day as the Olesian Army