Extreme Stories of Betrayal from History

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so while the Western Roman Empire they were struggling to keep it together see Rome was like that beautiful neighborhood that was once a great place to live that went to complete after Decades of corruption and bad leadership dramatic tribes like the Visigoths and vandals were constantly invading around the borders of the Empire and without the political stability to field a proper Army to defend itself late Roman emperors were forced to rely on local Barbarian generals and their armies of mercenaries these Barbarian generals grew in power and influence and eventually the emperor was nothing more than

a puppet figure to these Warlords to make things worse Rome was hit with a wave of massive inflation that devalued its currency and made everything so much more expensive for its citizens who were already struggling to get by the sacking of Rome by the vandals in 455 CE seemed like the final death blow to the once Mighty Empire but out of the rubble emerged a man who saw the chaos as an opportunity to seize power for himself this man was named Ricker and he was going to do it all with the help of his best

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the ranks together both grew to become respected commanders and many throughout Rome began wishing for one of them to take control of the Empire and guide it back to Greatness and here's the thing they both wanted that power so much so that they worked together to orchestrate a coup against the Emperor avitus who they thought was doing a horrible job with avitus gone Ricker became the most powerful man in Rome but there was one problem Ricker wasn't technically Roman he was actually one of those Barbarian generals mentioned before and although Ricker was the more decorated

Commander with better qualifications when compared to majorian not being Roman made him ineligible for the throne so he decided he would instead get his best friend promoted to Emperor and simply influence majorian decisions and rule over Rome from the Shadows majorian becomes emperor in December of 457 and Ricker could not have been more happy that is until majorian started doing a little too well see majoran actually turned out to be a phenomenal Emperor and he had his own ideas on how to make Rome great again and his ideas they were good majorian quickly took back

large swats of lost territory and dramatically reduced the corruption in the Senate he instituted sweeping changes which made the lives of Romans much better and in just a few short years there was a glimmer of hope that the Western Roman Empire could possibly return to its former glory this unexpected success pissed Ricker off this was not how it was supposed to go in his mind he was the one who would restore Rome's Glory not stupid majorian but before he could do anything about it majorian had already reclaimed most of Italy France and Spain and he

now planned a massive campaign to reclaim Rome's lost African territory in preparation for this Expedition majorian amassed a huge Fleet in kahia but under mysterious circumstances the entire fleet was set a blaze just before the invasion with Whispers that Ricker might have had a hand in it the loss of the fleet was a huge blow and Ricker sees the moment and using a combination of lies and bribes tries to convince the Senate that majorian was unfit to rule majorian unaware of Ricker's actions in Rome traveled to see his old friend for advice majorian arrives unarmed

and without guards because why would he ever need that this is his oldest and most trusted friend we're talking about well the feelings were no longer mutual and Ricker and his men go out to meet majorian on the road without flinching Ricker has majorian arrested and killed kills all of his companions on the spot he strips majoran of his Imperial clothing and then imprisoned and tortured him for 5 days throughout his time in captivity majorian wonders out loud why his friend would do this to him eventually Ricker had majorian beheaded and unknowingly sealed the fate

of the country he loved as the Empire would soon fall apart without a true leader Ricker tries to Institute new puppet Emperors but they all fail and Rome finally Falls in 476 number two chin way for this story we're headed to 12th century China for a legendary betrayal of one of the greatest Generals in history a boy named uay is born on a farm in southern China in the early 1100s this is a time of great instability as the jurin from the north are at war with the rulers of China the Song Dynasty as a

young child U's father passes away in a flood and he's raised by his mother who instills a fierce sense of patriotism to his country when the jurin begin invading song territory euu now man is torn between his strong desire to defend his country and his dedication to take care of his now elderly mother his mother asks him to remove his shirt and she tattoos on his back the words serve the country with utmost loyalty uh probably took up less space in Chinese anyways now with his mother's blessing eay joins the military and shows incredible skill

in martial arts weapons and Military strategy when the jurin conquered the song capital city of Kang Yu joined joins the front lines and begins fighting on the Northern Battlefront in combat e proves to be unstoppable Legends of his bravery begin to emerge and one story says he led 500 men to defeat an army of 100,000 jurchens he rises quickly through the ranks and soon finds himself commanding an army of loyal men known as the U Army and he goes on to rack up an undefeated record against the jurchens what makes you face special is that

throughout all the fighting he maintains his humanity and shows extreme kindness and compassion for his soldiers he personally tends to his wounded men and when any of his men fell in combat he would instruct his wife back home to send their own money to the solders family for the next 10 years euu and his men fought tirelessly to claw back the conquered Northern song territory and he becomes a national hero by 1140 he's within Striking Distance of the Fallen capital city of Kang his dream of unifying China is now Within Reach but if there's one

guarantee in life it's that success often breeds jealousy in others as e prepares for the final Advance on Kai Fang he receives orders to return home see the problem for e is the former emperor of the northern Song Dynasty was still alive and being held captive by the jurgons if e was able to win and retake the city this most likely would free the former Emperor and that would cause all kinds of problems for the current ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty who would be the rightful ruler of the land what would happen to

those in power now these were questions the officials close to the current emperor didn't want to have answered a man named chin a close adviser to this Emperor saw Yu's growing influence as a huge threat he convinces the emperor to make peace with the jurchens and just as e is about to storm the city the song sue for peace and say they'll pay a tribute to the jurin eup is furious upon hearing this news but he begrudgingly follows his orders and returns South all the land he had fought to regain is quickly recaptured by the

jurin and he can do nothing but watch the fighting and the deaths of of his men over the last 10 years were all for nothing when euu returns to the capital chinu convinces the court to imprison him for conspiring against the emperor he's thrown into a dark cell and subjected to months of torture in an attempt to force a confession but you refuses to admit to crimes he never committed euu eventually dies in prison at the age of 39 some report that chinu had him poisoned in his cell decades later the truth of chin hu's

involvement in E's death was revealed and statues of chinu and his wife in a kneeling position were erected in front of E's tomb as a symbol of their wrongdoing for centuries these statues attracted people from all across China who would come to pee and spit on the man who killed the greatest General China had ever seen number three aatchi mitsuhide we couldn't do a video on betrayals and backstabbing without doing at least one story from the sangoku period in Japan the Soko Jedi was a nearly 150e Civil War that took place in 15th and 16th

century Japan where Regional Warlords called Dao fought to become the great unifier of the country in this chaos a minor Dao from The aari Province named Oda Nobunaga began his rise to power using erratic and unconventional tactics which quickly proved effective on the battlefield now the thing about Oda that you should know is that he wasn't like most other Lords he dressed flamboyantly and was often seen with Messy undone hair his behavior was fairly crude compared to most Amo he would make fun of his men and was known to have an irrationally quick temper for

example he once had a retainer killed on the spot when he showed up late to an important meeting keep all of this in mind because this is probably what gets him killed later anyways this weirdness also seemed to help Oda in war and after winning a string of decisive battles against more powerful Dao he began to attract powerful allies and retainers many began to believe he was destined to be the one to reunify Japan Nobunaga had many trusted generals and retainers but the two we'll be focusing on for this story are hi Yoshi toyotomi and

a man named akachi mitsu toyotomi was a young military genius while mitsu specialized in diplomatic relations and governance Oda trusted and relied on AI to help him govern his lands and quell rebellions and while he was very loyal in return he was sort of the odd one of the bunch for starters he was much older than many of the other retainers he was even older than Oda himself this combined with the fact he was more educated than Oda all made it hard for him to handle the disrespect that Nobunaga was known for for for example

in one story Oda grabbed AI around the neck and said I'm going to make your head into a drum and then proceeded to bop ai's head with a fan while singing a song making everyone in the room burst into laughter but perhaps the biggest insult was the time Oda got ai's mother killed in 1579 AI was ordered to capture Yakami Castle after the Lord hatano hideharu rebelled against Oda as part of a peace agreement he negotiated akachi gave his mother to hatano's men as a hostage in ex exchange for hatano turning himself in with dignity

hatano accepted the deal and the exchange was made ai's mother would stay with hatano's men as insurance and hatano would travel with AI to see Oda to apologize when hatano arrives to meet with Nobunaga he has him executed on the spot word of hatano's death traveled quickly to Yakami castle and his men quickly kill ai's mother in retaliation now whether or not these things were the actual reason for betrayal we'll never know but aatchi secretly begins to plot against Oda and this all comes to ahead in 1582 by this time Oda has all but conquered

honu the main island of Japan the last few unconquered domains are weak and will soon surrender and noaga has all of his best generals out in the field ready to crush them he orders AI to take his army of around 13,000 men to support hidoshi against one of these last holdouts the Morty Clan Nobunaga himself goes to hono G Temple to relax and prepare to join Ai and hioshi in the final glorious battle against the Mori honji is deep within noona's territory in kiyoto and because of this he doesn't feel the need for much protection

he enters the temple for his stay with virtually no guards early in the morning on June 21st 1582 Ai and his men surround the temple and without explanation begin an all out assault they begin slaughtering priests and oda's companions as they make their way through the temple grounds with virtually no guards Oda tries to fight back but is quickly overpowered and injured he Retreats deep into the temple to commit sep but before he dies he orders his retainer to set the temple on fire so his body will never be able to be recovered the temple

is soon engulfed in flames and nobunaga's Body Is Lost amongst the Ash with Oda dead AI declares himself Shogun when word of nobunaga's death reaches hioshi he quickly makes peace with the Morty Clan and heads back to find AI to avenge his master uh I got to go so can that guy like just kill himself okay thanks hidoshi heads back to Kyoto and AI is now scrambling for support to his horror because he cannot prove that he was the one who killed Nobunaga no one wants to help him hioshi and AI fighting Kyoto at the

Battle of yamazaki where hioshi crushes Aki's forces in Just 2 hours Aki is killed as he tries to run away and hioshi assumes control of od's territory ai's time as the self-proclaimed ruler of Japan lasted just 13 days number four Massacre of Glenco this last one is crazy because George RR Martin has said that this was one of The Inspirations for the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones it's the late 17th century Scotland and while the area had been conquered and annexed by the British the area known as the highlands still remained largely run by

Family Clans these clans were groups of people connected by a common ancestor and were ruled by a clan Chief who served as the protector of his extended family of course like all neighbor situations there were disputes and the occasional he said she said you stole my goat conflicts but generally these Clans got along intermarried to strengthened bonds intended to trust one another as fellow Highlanders Above All Else the Highlanders were famous for their Hospitality towards guests as it was the most ingrained and important part of their Collective culture remember this because that's part of what

makes this betrayal so vile so in 1688 King James is pushed out of England for being a little too Catholic and is replaced by the Protestant King William James flees to France where he helpes to find support to help him reclaim his throne this leaves his supporters known as jacobites unsure of what to do in the meantime many of the Scottish Clans in the highlands were loyal to King James though not all of them and this caused some division in the area a Scotsman named John Dal rmle supported William during the golden Revolution and is

rewarded by being promoted to secretary of state for Scotland giving him authority over the land Dal rmle does not like the Highlanders and he knows the clans in the highlands don't really like their new king so he comes up with a plan to buy their loyalty he offers the Clans £12,000 a sum worth about 2.5 million today to pledge their loyalty to their new king this doesn't go as he planned as the Clans begin fighting over how the money should be split the Campbell and the McDonald's of gleno in particular get into it because they

have a history of cattle theft against each other and think the other families shouldn't receive any of the money Dal rmle decides that the bribe isn't really working out so he instead issues an ultimatum in August pledge your loyalty to your new king to an official Sheriff by January 1st of 1692 or you will be treated as traitors to the crown and face severe consequences the Clans don't really want to go against their sworn allegiance to King James but James gets word and sends a message to the Clans to swear the oath to William as

he can't mount an invasion in time the Clans received this message from King James in December and one by one they begin pledging the oath the McDonald's of gleno however for some reason don't get the message until December 28th the chief of the McDonald's McCain has just 3 days to make the trk in the harsh Scottish winter to swear the oath he makes it to a nearby Fort on December 30th hoping someone there could administer the oath but the governor station there says he was not authorized to do so the governor writes a letter explaining

the situation and directs McCain to bring the letter to Sir Colin Campbell in inverary McCain does his best to get there in time but doesn't make the deadline Campbell administers the oath on January 6th 1692 7 days late McCain returns home thinking that he and his clan are okay because yeah he was late but he got the excuse note from that Governor plus other clans were late too so he figured everything was good but things were not all good D rmle hears that the McDonald's were late with their oath and decides to make an example

of them he orders Captain Robert Campbell you know of the Campbell Clan the McDonald's had a long-standing cow theft feuded with to bring 120 soldiers to the McDonald's home with orders for free quarter free quarter was the practice of offering offering soldiers food and shelter as a form of taxes so McCain and the rest of the McDonald's didn't think much of it when these soldiers arrived at their doorstep even though Robert Campbell was from that annoying Campbell Clan his niece was married to one of McCain's Sons so they were like extended family the McDonald's welcome

in Campbell and his soldiers and treat them to exceptional Highlander Hospitality for 2 weeks Campbell and his men are whined and dined and given the best sleeping accommodations the McDonald's had to offer everything seemed fine until the morning of February 13th 1692 McCain is awoken at 5:00 a.m. by his servant saying the soldiers were stirring he tells his servant to bring the soldiers some drinks and begins to get dressed so he can send off his guests as he's putting on his pants one of Campbell's soldiers walks in and shoots him in the back McCain dies

on the spot the soldiers then begin to storm each home shooting men and women and children who are still sleeping in their beds the commotion wakes up other members of the clan and they begin to run into the wild without food or clothing the home homes of the McDonald's are torched and many who fled on foot freeze to death in a howling blizzard the official numbers say the soldiers killed 38 people but the actual number may have been much higher as those who fled most likely died of hypothermia and were never found thanks again to

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