### BUGGY CODE ###

import collections, sys
input = sys.stdin.readline

h, w = map(int, input().split())
ch, cw = map(int, input().split())
dh, dw = map(int, input().split())
s = []
for i in range(h):
    s.append(list(input()))
num = [[float("inf") for i in range(w)] for i in range(h)]
flag = [[False for i in range(w)] for i in range(h)]
num[ch - 1][cw - 1] = 0
queue = collections.deque([[ch, cw]])
d1 = [[-1, 0], [1, 0], [0, -1], [0, 1]]
d2 = [[-1, -1], [-1, 1], [1, -1], [1, 1], [-2, 0], [2, 0], [0, -2], [0, 2]]
d3 = [[-2, -1], [-1, -2], [2, -1], [1, -2], [-2, 1], [-1, 2], [2, 1], [1, 2]]
d4 = [[-2, -2], [-2, 2], [2, -2], [2, 2]]
while queue:
    test = queue.popleft()
    x = test[0]
    y = test[1]
    flag[y - 1][x - 1] = True
    temp = num[y - 1][x - 1]
    for i in d1:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == "." and flag[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == False:
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = temp
            queue.append([x2, y2])
    for i in d2:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == "." and flag[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == False:
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(temp + 1, num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1])
            queue.append([x2, y2])
    for i in d3:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == "." and flag[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == False:
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(temp + 1, num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1])
            queue.append([x2, y2])
    for i in d4:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == "." and flag[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == False:
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(temp + 1, num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1])
            queue.append([x2, y2])
if num[dh - 1][dw - 1] == float("inf"):
    print(-1)
else:
    print(num[dh - 1][dw - 1])

### FIXED CODE ###

import collections

h, w = map(int, input().split())
ch, cw = map(int, input().split())
dh, dw = map(int, input().split())
s = []
for i in range(h):
    s.append(list(input()))
num = [[float("inf") for i in range(w)] for i in range(h)]
flag = [[False for i in range(w)] for i in range(h)]
num[ch - 1][cw - 1] = 0
queue = collections.deque([[ch, cw]])
d1 = [[-1, 0], [1, 0], [0, -1], [0, 1]]
d2 = [[-1, -1], [-1, 1], [1, -1], [1, 1], [-2, 0], [2, 0], [0, -2], [0, 2]]
d3 = [[-2, -1], [-1, -2], [2, -1], [1, -2], [-2, 1], [-1, 2], [2, 1], [1, 2]]
d4 = [[-2, -2], [-2, 2], [2, -2], [2, 2]]
while queue:
    test = queue.popleft()
    x = test[1]
    y = test[0]
    if flag[y - 1][x - 1] == True:
        continue
    #print(num)
    #print(test)
    flag[y - 1][x - 1] = True
    temp = num[y - 1][x - 1]
    for i in d1:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == ".":
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1], temp)
            queue.appendleft([y2, x2])
    for i in d2:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == ".":
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(temp + 1, num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1])
            queue.append([y2, x2])
    for i in d3:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == ".":
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(temp + 1, num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1])
            queue.append([y2, x2])
    for i in d4:
        x2 = x + i[0]
        y2 = y + i[1]
        if 1 <= x2 <= w and 1 <= y2 <= h and s[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] == ".":
            num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1] = min(temp + 1, num[y2 - 1][x2 - 1])
            queue.append([y2, x2])
if num[dh - 1][dw - 1] == float("inf"):
    print(-1)
else:
    print(num[dh - 1][dw - 1])