Lokacin da sojojin Japan na Imperial (IJA) suka sauka a yankin Liaodong Peninsula, Janar Ōyama Iwao na Japan ya raba dakarunsa.Rundunar sojojin IJA ta 3 a karkashin Laftanar Janar Nogi Maresuke an tura su kai farmaki kan sansanin sojojin ruwa na Rasha da ke Port Arthur a kudu, yayin da IJA 1st Army, IJA 2nd Army da IJA 4th Army za su hadu a birnin Liaoyang.Janar Aleksey Kuropatkin na Rasha ya yi niyyar tinkarar ci gaban Japan tare da shirye-shiryen janyewa, da nufin yin cinikin yanki na tsawon lokacin da ake buƙata don isassun ajiyar kuɗi daga Rasha don ba shi fa'ida mai mahimmanci akan Jafananci.Duk da haka, wannan dabarar ba ta yarda da Mataimakin Shugaban Rasha Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev ba, wanda ke matsawa zuwa matsayi mai tsanani da nasara a kan Japan.Bangarorin biyu sun kalli Liaoyang a matsayin wani wuri da ya dace da wani gagarumin yaki wanda zai yanke hukunci kan sakamakon yakin.An fara gwabza fada ne a ranar 25 ga watan Agusta da wani makami mai linzami na kasar Japan, sannan ya biyo bayan ci gaban rundunar sojojin kasar Japan karkashin Laftanar Janar Hasegawa Yoshimichi a gefen dama na rundunar sojojin kasar ta Siberiya ta 3.Sojojin Rasha karkashin Janar Bilderling ne suka yi galaba a kan wannan hari saboda girman girman makaman Rasha da Japanawa suka kashe sama da dubu daya.A daren ranar 25 ga watan Agusta ne runduna ta biyu ta IJA da runduna ta 12 ta IJA karkashin Manjo Janar Matsunaga Masatoshi suka yi artabu da rundunar sojojin Siberiya ta 10 a gabashin Liaoyang.An gwabza kazamin fada cikin dare a kusa da gangaren wani dutse mai suna "Peikou", wanda ya fada hannun Jafan a yammacin ranar 26 ga watan Agusta.Kuropatin ya ba da umarnin ja da baya a karkashin ruwan sama mai yawa da hazo, zuwa iyakar tsaron da ke kewaye da Liaoyang, wanda ya karfafa tare da ajiyarsa.Har ila yau, a ranar 26 ga watan Agusta, ci gaban rundunar sojojin IJA ta 2 da ta 4 ta IJA ta dakatar da Janar Zarubaev na Rasha kafin daga baya mafi tsayin layin tsaro zuwa kudu.Duk da haka, a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta, abin da ya ba Japan mamaki da mamakin kwamandojinsa, Kuropatkin bai ba da umarnin kai hari ba, amma a maimakon haka ya ba da umarnin a watsar da kewayen tsaron waje, kuma duk sojojin Rasha su ja baya zuwa layin tsaro na biyu. .Wannan layin yana da nisan mil 7 (kilomita 11) kudu da Liaoyang, kuma ya hada da kananan tsaunuka da yawa wadanda aka yi musu katanga sosai, musamman wani tsauni mai tsayin mita 210 da Rashawa suka sani da "Cairn Hill".Gajerun layin sun fi sauƙi ga Rashawa su kare, amma sun taka leda a cikin shirye-shiryen Ōyama na kewaye da lalata Sojojin Manchurian na Rasha.Ōyama ya umarci Kuroki zuwa arewa, inda ya yanke layin dogo da hanyar tserewa daga Rasha, yayin da aka umarci Oku da Nozu da su shirya wani harin gaba da kai tsaye zuwa kudu.Fashe na gaba na yaƙin ya fara ne a ranar 30 ga watan Agusta tare da sabon harin Japanawa a kowane fage.Duk da haka, saboda manyan manyan bindigogi da manyan katangarsu, 'yan Rasha sun fatattaki hare-haren da aka kai a ranakun 30 ga Agusta da 31 ga Agusta, wanda ya jawo hasarar da yawa ga Japanawa.Bugu da ƙari ga firgitar da janar ɗinsa, Kuropatkin ba zai ba da izinin kai hari ba.Kuropatkin ya ci gaba da yin la'akari da girman sojojin da suka kai hari, kuma ba zai yarda ya ba da sojojinsa a yakin ba.A ranar 1 ga Satumba, Sojojin Japan na 2 sun kama Dutsen Cairn kuma kusan rabin sojojin Japan na farko sun haye kogin Taitzu kimanin mil takwas gabas da layin Rasha.Daga nan Kuropatkin ya yanke shawarar yin watsi da kakkarfan layin tsaronsa, ya kuma yi ja da baya cikin tsari zuwa tsakiyar layin tsaro uku da ke kewaye da Liaoyang.Hakan ya baiwa sojojin Japan damar kaiwa ga wani matsayi da suke da nisa don harba birnin, ciki har da tashar jirgin kasa mai mahimmanci.Wannan ya sa Kuropatkin daga karshe ya ba da izinin kai hari, da nufin lalata sojojin Japan a tsallaken kogin Taitzu da kuma tabbatar da wani tudu da Japanawa suka fi sani da "Manjuyama", a gabashin birnin.Kuroki yana da cikakken rukuni guda biyu ne kawai a gabashin birnin, kuma Kuropatkin ya yanke shawarar kashe sojojin Siberiya na farko da na 10th Siberian Army Corps da bataliya goma sha uku karkashin Manjo Janar NV Orlov (daidai da sassa biyar) a kansa.Duk da haka, manzon da Kuropatkin ya aiko tare da oda ya ɓace, kuma mutanen Orlov da yawa sun firgita saboda ganin sassan Japan.A halin da ake ciki kuma, rundunar soja ta 1 ta Siberiya karkashin Janar Georgii Stackelberg ta isa da yammacin ranar 2 ga watan Satumba, inda ta gaji da tafiya mai nisa ta laka da ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya.Lokacin da Stackelberg ya nemi Janar Mishchenko don taimako daga brigades biyu na Cossacks, Mishchenko ya yi ikirarin cewa yana da umarnin zuwa wani wuri kuma ya watsar da shi.Harin dare da sojojin Japan suka kai kan Manjuyama da farko ya yi nasara, amma a cikin rudani, sojojin Rasha uku sun yi ta harbin kan mai uwa da wabi, kuma da safe tudun ya koma hannun Jafan.A halin yanzu, a ranar 3 ga Satumba Kuropatkin ya sami rahoto daga Janar Zarubayev game da layin tsaro na ciki cewa ya gaza a kan harsashi.Wannan rahoto da sauri ya biyo bayan rahoton Stackelberg cewa dakarunsa sun gaji da ci gaba da kai farmakin.A lokacin da wani rahoto ya zo cewa Sojojin Japan na farko sun shirya tsaf don kakkabe Liaoyang daga arewa, Kuropatkin ya yanke shawarar yin watsi da birnin, kuma ya sake haduwa a Mukden mai tazarar kilomita 65 (mil 40) zuwa arewa.An fara ja da baya a ranar 3 ga Satumba kuma an kammala shi a ranar 10 ga Satumba.