Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 murairo wakananga kubva kuna Tsar, Alexeyev akabva kuPort Arthur musi waMay 5, 1904 kuenda kuMukden, uye zvichitevera kukundwa kweRussia muHondo yeShaho
(5 kusvika 17 October 1904, New Style), akabviswa pabasa rake ndokurairwa kudzokera kuSt. Petersburg musi waOctober 12, 1904.