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“Are you certain?” Egwene whispered.
Lelaine nodded. “Accounts from the Cairienin before the Aiel War are plentiful, if not very informative. They weren't allowed to see much, but what they did see looked a lot like an army.”
“Army?” Gawyn said, stretching to the side and looking between the tents toward the force marching through the unnaturally wide gateway. “Blood and bloody ashes!” he swore, ducking back. “There are thousands of them!”
“Far too many to fight,?” Egwene agreed, mind working furiously. “Not pinned between them and the Trollocs as we are. We have to fall back.”
“I just passed the order to Byrne to disengage the troops,” Gawyn said. “But ... Egwene. Where are we going to go? Trollocs in front, that army behind! Light. We'll be crushed between them!”
Byrne would react quickly. He'd send a messenger to the line captains. Oh no ...
Egwene grabbed Gawyn and pulled him away from the command tent just as she felt channeling within. Lelaine cried out, ducking in the other direction.
The Sharan women reacted immediately to the channeling. The ground ripped up underneath the tent, destroying it in a burst of overwhelming power. Tattered shreds of cloth flew into the air amid stones and clods of earth.
Egwene fell backward, and Gawyn pulled her toward a toppled cart that had been hit, one wheel shattered, its burden of firewood tumbling out. Gawyn pulled Egwene to the sheltered place just under the edge of the cart, beside the tumble of wood. They huddled there, though the wood flickered with flames and the ground was afire. The heat was distressing, but not unbearable.
Egwene huddled against the ground, blinking through eyes that burned with smoke, searching for signs of Lelaine. Or ... Light! Siuan and Byrne had been inside that tent, along with Yukiri and many of their command staff.
Egwene and Gawyn hid as flames rained on the camp, tearing up the earth. The Sharans struck at any sign of movement; several women who ran were instantly immolated.

“Sharans.” Lelaine, breathless, huddled down beside them.

Egwene reached the command tent just as Gawyn stumbled out. She grabbed him and pulled him to the ground as a ball of fire passed just overhead, then crashed into a collection of tents nearby.