Function behaves differently when libssh is compiled statically

[petergeorgenm <petergeorgenm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote a simple connection setup following the tutorial:
//main.c
#pragma comment(lib, "user32")
#pragma comment(lib, "Advapi32")
#pragma comment(lib, "Shell32")
#pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32")

#include <stdio.h>
#include <libssh/sftp.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main(void){
int ret_c=0;
int rc;
int port=22;
ssh_session the_session=ssh_new();
if(the_session==NULL) {printf("1\n"); return -1;}

ssh_options_set(the_session, SSH_OPTIONS_HOST, "user@1.2.3.4");
ssh_options_set(the_session, SSH_OPTIONS_PORT, &port);

rc=ssh_connect(the_session);
if(rc !=SSH_OK) {
ssh_free(the_session);
printf("2, %d\n", rc);
getchar();
} else {
printf("success\n");
getchar();
}

ssh_disconnect(the_session);
ssh_free(the_session);
return 0;
}

I used vcpkg to install both static and dynamic versions of libssh, they reside as follows respectively:
C:\Users\User\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows-static\
C:\Users\User\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows\
If I compile the previous code dynamically with:
cl /I C:\Users\User\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows\include main.c /link C:\Users\User\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows\lib\* /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
and then run, the output I see is:
success

If I compile it statically with:
cl /D LIBSSH_STATIC /I C:\Users\User\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows-static\include main.c /link C:\Users\User\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows-static\lib\* /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
and then run, the output I see is:
2, -1

Both versions compile and link without any errors. I also tried to use putty to ssh to user@1.2.3.4 and it works fine.
Please tell me if I need to provide any more debugging information, or if any information isn't clear.

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Peter.