User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 935: Disaster at Udon/@comment-25654036-20190308093055/@comment-2600:1702:3C50:A6E0:C96F:4D47:972B:217C-20190309000137

They seem like cannon fodder because they are losing to Luffy who is quite strong and they are used to fighting people who can't fight back. I once saw a movie in which soldiers were beaten by an amateur fighter (He received some martial training, but not years of it) because they are used to fighting people whose response to their presence is to run around like headless chickens and hope that they don't die. Their only method of fighting is to swing their weapons like they are clubs and expect their opponents not to fight back. The prisoners here don't seem very eager to fight since they think their wardens are invincible. That makes guarding them an easy job.