Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panyika, Alexeyev akanga ane kusawirirana kwakakomba uye kunopfuurira naGeneral Kuropatkin, aichimbova Gurukota reHondo, pamusoro penzira yakashandiswa mukurwisana navaJapan. Alexeyev akamanikidza Kuropatkin kutora chinzvimbo chakasimba, kunyangwe Kuropatkin achisimbirira pakurwira hondo yekudzivirira kusvika kupera kweTrans-Siberian Railroad, iyo yaizounza kusimbiswa uye zvinopihwa. Zvichitevera murayiro wakananga kubva kuna Tsar, Alexeyev akabva Port Arthur musi waMay 5, 1904 achienda kuMukden, uye zvichitevera kukundwa kweRussia pa
Muhondo yeShaho (5 kusvika 17 Gumiguru 1904, New Style), akabviswa pabasa rake ndokurairwa kudzokera kuSt. Petersburg musi waGumiguru 12, 1904.