virtio-serial blocks hostfwd ssh on windows 10 host

qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -hda archlinux.qcow2 -m 4G -netdev user,id=n1,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1 --> WORKS - meaning I can ssh into the vm via port 2222

qemu-system-x86_64 -display none -hda archlinux.qcow2 -m 4G -netdev user,id=n1,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1 -device virtio-serial -serial tcp:localhost:55298,server,nowait --> DOES NOT WORK - meaning I cannot ssh into the vm

Not only does the port 2222 work, but I am not able to perform any serial transfer on port 55298 as well. 

Host: Windows 10
Guest: archlinux
QEMU version 5.2