How do I move an army "above" a settlement?

[Michael Westen]

You probably know what I mean from experience. You have an enemy besieging your city/castle and you want to position reinforcements around it for a subsequent attack.
The problem is: the game won't let you, because sometimes – especially when a settlement is besieged – there is no way to select positions "above" a settlement.

Is there any solution to this?

[Sllhouette]

i pull the camera all the way up, and try to approach from different angles. you can try holding right click, to preset a path, and try to jiggle it around a bit where they walk where you want

[Michael Westen]

Ha! I never knew that you could hold right click and drag the path. Thank you, Silhouette! That's a good workaround.