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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 467 Volume 467 Biographies 254: Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, Shou Shan Zu Sun : Rui Chang, Feng Xiang, Chong Yu · 2 passages
還，會御史彭述疏請整飭長江水師，詔使秉衡往，秉衡固辭，太后責勉之，遂行。
After his return, when Censor Peng Shu memorialized for reform of the Yangtze fleet, the throne ordered Bingheng to take charge; he firmly declined, but the Empress Dowager rebuked and pressed him, and he went.
至京，入覲太后，力主戰，遂命統張春發、陳澤霖、夏辛酉、萬本華四軍，出屯楊村、河西塢。
When he reached the capital he had an audience with the Empress Dowager, urged war with all his force, and was ordered to take command of the four armies under Zhang Chunfa, Chen Zelin, Xia Xinyu, and Wan Benhua, encamped at Yangcun and Hexi Wu.