Aww, the OP had his army locked for seven turns.  I'VE HAD MY ARMY LOCKED FOR FIFTY TURNS.  A civ attacked an Independend People and I was too close and got my dudes locked for FIFTY TURNS.  I'm glad it was just two here.  It aslo happened to me on the other side of the map but it only lasted a handful of turns.  At this point I don't know anything else to do but DESTROY THE ATTACKING EMPIRE.  I've already taken half their empire in the last war, I'm building up war score to take the rest. 

OK, lol so I declared war, I've completely captured all of their territory. I've made them a vassal even though they have no territory.  They STILL HAVE THIS ARMY SIEGING THIS INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.  SIXTY TURNS!

I cannot fathom how this made it into live.. it was kind of important to fix and has been around for a bit.

OK it just got worse.  Now the attacking army's empire has BEEN ELIMINATED.  They're a Red X on the empires list.  BUT THEIR ARMY IS STILL THERE SIEGING THIS INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.   SEVENTY TURNS!

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OK it just got worse.  Now the attacking army's empire has BEEN ELIMINATED.  They're a Red X on the empires list.  BUT THEIR ARMY IS STILL THERE SIEGING THIS INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.   SEVENTY TURNS!

I am so baffled how stuff like this got through. When you look at the credits there's pages of QA people. Surely one of them must've had this happen to them?

I've given up.  That civ doesn't even exist anymore.  They've been in a siege now for 110 turns.  I'm just treating that area like Chernobyl.  Nothing enters, nothing leaves.

Just giving the player the option to leave the field of a siege isn't enough though.  I have a siege that has literally been going on the entire game.  It started turn 80 and has now been going on nearly 200 years.  The units in there are all stone age units.  The AI just never assaulted.  And now that AI doesn't exist anymore.  That city was literally locked down the ENTIRE GAME.  Siege mechanics and the way the AI uses them are broken.  

The attacker in that 200 turn siege is all dead, probably because their empire no longer exists on the map, no idea why the siege is still going on.  

I'm assuming the origanal thread was completed or patched by now but,

Not sure how man turns this will take but, ...

I'm attacked by a bear.  (my one army of 1 warrior by 1 bear).  Battle starts, he cant get to me so he does nothing for all the rounds..  I hope its a draw soon or I should have retreated instead,  If he wanted to kill my 1 guy, why not pick a path to him? LOL