A cikin kwanaki masu zuwa sojojin Japan sun fara kai hari ga gefen dama da hagu na sojojin Rasha da ke kewaye da Mukden, tare da layin kilomita 50. Kimanin mutane miliyan rabin ne suka shiga cikin yakin. Dukkanin bangarorin biyu sun kasance suna da karfi kuma an tallafa musu da daruruwan bindigogi. Bayan kwanaki na gwagwarmaya mai tsanani, ƙarin matsin lamba daga bangarorin ya tilasta ƙarshen layin tsaron Rasha ya koma baya. Ganin cewa za a kewaye su, 'yan Rasha sun fara janyewa gaba ɗaya, suna yaƙi da jerin hare-haren baya, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya lalace cikin rikice-rikice da rushewar sojojin Rasha. A ranar 10 ga Maris, 1905, bayan makonni uku na yaƙi, Janar Kuropatkin ya yanke shawarar janyewa zuwa arewacin Mukden.
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