looking back he saw the wreckage they had already made in that brief span of time : the cooking-pits clogged with dirt and smoking metal , many spoilt ; a dozen of the shen lung moaning upon the ground , bleeding , many of the wounded dragons injured again also ; and near the half-collapsed pavilion- temeraire flung himself down again next to chu : the general 's great scarlet side was heaving , and with each breath a gush of blood rose up and spilled black from three gaping wounds , clustered near the top of his back ; his wings lay limp against his sides .