as exemplified here - I presume.

Been ruminating about that topic (the pseudo-irregular combatant vs the irregular combatant) myself. A bit complicated, I fear, since the theory and practice as to the irregular combatant has not been well explored. Add "pseudo" to that and you are on the cutting edge.

Since there are quite a few historical examples out there, discussion of hypotheticals based on them should not be an OpSec issue.

Basic Wiki stuff is here.

You come up with some interesting questions. The one about sheep-counting kept my pool team occupied for a while.