Sure, but would you mind distilling the point for me?
Yes there are those who succumb to hardship but there were a lot of random killings along the route. You might be doing fine marching along until a truck passed and the driver decided to "wing" you, or soldiers riding along would swing a bamboo pole at you and crack your skull. Then it was just a matter of one of the guards deciding to finish you off, or letting you slowly die beside the road.