### BUGGY CODE ###

# coding: utf-8
import sys
#from operator import itemgetter
sysread = sys.stdin.buffer.readline
read = sys.stdin.buffer.read
#from heapq import heappop, heappush
#from collections import defaultdict
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**7)
#import math
#from itertools import product, accumulate, combinations, product
#import bisect
#import numpy as np
#from copy import deepcopy
from collections import deque
#from decimal import Decimal
#from numba import jit

INF = 1 << 50

def bfs(MAZE, start, goal):
    H = len(MAZE)
    W = len(MAZE[0])
    MAP = [[INF] * W for _ in range(H)]
    walks = [(0,1), (1,0), (-1,0), (0, -1)]
    warps = []
    for i in range(-2, 3):
        for j in range(-2, 3):
            if i == 0 and j == 0: continue
            if not (i,j) in walks:
                warps.append((i, j))
    queue = deque([])
    k = (0,) + start
    queue.append(k)

    while queue:
        count, ci, cj = queue.pop()
        if (ci, cj) == goal:
            return count
        for ii, jj in walks:
            ni, nj = ci + ii, cj + jj
            if MAZE[ni][nj] == '.' and MAP[ni][nj] > count:
                queue.append((count, ni, nj))
                MAP[ni][nj] = count
        for ii, jj in warps:
            ni, nj = ci + ii, cj + jj
            if MAZE[ni][nj] == '.' and MAP[ni][nj] > count+1:
                queue.appendleft((count+1, ni, nj))
                MAP[ni][nj] = count + 1
    return -1


def run():
    H, W = map(int, sysread().split())
    Ci, Cj = map(int, sysread().split())
    Ci += 1
    Cj += 1
    Di, Dj = map(int, sysread().split())
    Di += 1
    Dj += 1
    MAZE = []
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    for i in range(H):
        s = input()
        s = '##' + s + '##'
        MAZE.append(s)
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    print(bfs(MAZE, (Ci, Cj), (Di, Dj)))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    run()

### FIXED CODE ###

# coding: utf-8
import sys
#from operator import itemgetter
sysread = sys.stdin.buffer.readline
read = sys.stdin.buffer.read
from heapq import heappop, heappush
#from collections import defaultdict
sys.setrecursionlimit(10**7)
#import math
#from itertools import product, accumulate, combinations, product
#import bisect
#import numpy as np
#from copy import deepcopy
#from collections import deque
#from decimal import Decimal
#from numba import jit

INF = 1 << 50

def bfs(MAZE, start, goal):
    MAP = [[INF] * len(MAZE[0]) for _ in range(len(MAZE))]
    walks = [(0,1), (1,0), (-1,0), (0, -1)]
    warps = []
    for i in range(-2, 3):
        for j in range(-2, 3):
            if i == 0 and j == 0: continue
            if not (i,j) in walks:
                warps.append((i, j))
    queue = []
    k = (0,) + start
    heappush(queue, k)

    #for m in MAZE:
    #    print(m)



    while queue:
        count, ci, cj = heappop(queue)
        if (ci, cj) == goal:
            return count
        for ii, jj in walks:
            ni, nj = ci + ii, cj + jj
            if MAZE[ni][nj] == '.' and MAP[ni][nj] > count:
                heappush(queue, (count, ni, nj))
                MAP[ni][nj] = count
        for ii, jj in warps:
            ni, nj = ci + ii, cj + jj
            if MAZE[ni][nj] == '.' and MAP[ni][nj] > count + 1:
                heappush(queue, (count+1, ni, nj))
                MAP[ni][nj] = count + 1

    return -1


def run():
    H, W = map(int, sysread().split())
    Ci, Cj = map(int, sysread().split())
    Ci += 1
    Cj += 1
    Di, Dj = map(int, sysread().split())
    Di += 1
    Dj += 1
    MAZE = []
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    for i in range(H):
        s = input()
        s = '##' + s + '##'
        MAZE.append(s)
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    MAZE.append('#' * (W + 4))
    print(bfs(MAZE, (Ci, Cj), (Di, Dj)))





if __name__ == "__main__":
    run()