The best part was the party elf telling Ford to take the king to safety.
Certainly not trying to be obtuse, but in this quest there is no king (unless he’s gifting buckets of gold to the dwarves), there are only hearty party members.
Ru knows how to fight and will do so. One or more of us may die as we meet the giants at the edge of town, but our tactics, or whatever we pass as tactics, must not be determined by trying to save one of the most resilient members.
That stated, should anyone have any plan aside from meeting these giants at the bottom of the river, now is your moment to speak.