### BUGGY CODE ###

import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline
from collections import deque
from itertools import product
import heapq


def read(INF=10**7):
    H, W = map(int, input().strip().split())
    CH, CW = map(int, input().strip().split())
    DH, DW = map(int, input().strip().split())
    S = [[0 for j in range(W)] for i in range(H)]
    for i in range(H):
        s = list(input().strip())
        for j in range(W):
            if s[j] == "#":
                S[i][j] = -2
            else:
                S[i][j] = INF
    return H, W, CH, CW, DH, DW, S


def solve(H, W, CH, CW, DH, DW, S, INF=10**7):
    DIR0 = [(0, 1), (1, 0), (0, -1), (-1, 0)]
    DIR1 = [
        (-2, -2), (-2, -1), (-2, 0), (-2, 1), (-2, 2),
        (-1, -2), (-1, -1), (-1, 1), (-1, 2),
        (0, -2), (0, 2),
        (1, -2), (1, -1), (1, 1), (1, 2),
        (2, -2), (2, -1), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2)
    ]
    S[CH-1][CW-1] = 0
    # Priority queue
    q = []
    heapq.heappush(q, (0, CH-1, CW-1))
    while q:
        # キューの先頭から距離の短い順に候補を取り出す
        d0, y0, x0 = heapq.heappop(q)
        # 距離0で到達可能な場所をキューに入れる
        for dy, dx in DIR0:
            ny, nx = y0 + dy, x0 + dx
            if 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] > d0:
                heapq.heappush(q, (d0, ny, nx))
                S[ny][nx] = d0
        # 距離1で到達可能な場所をキューに入れる
        for dy, dx in DIR1:
            ny, nx = y0 + dy, x0 + dx
            if 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] > d0+1:
                heapq.heappush(q, (d0+1, ny, nx))
                S[ny][nx] = d0+1
    return S[DH-1][DW-1] if S[DH-1][DW-1] != INF else -1


if __name__ == '__main__':
    inputs = read()
    outputs = solve(*inputs)
    if outputs is not None:
        print("%s" % str(outputs))


### FIXED CODE ###

import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline
from collections import deque
import heapq


def read():
    H, W = map(int, input().strip().split())
    CH, CW = map(int, input().strip().split())
    DH, DW = map(int, input().strip().split())
    S = [[0 for j in range(W)] for i in range(H)]
    for i in range(H):
        s = list(input().strip())
        for j in range(W):
            if s[j] == "#":
                S[i][j] = -2
            else:
                S[i][j] = -1
    return H, W, CH, CW, DH, DW, S


def solve(H, W, CH, CW, DH, DW, S, INF=10**7):
    DIR = [(0, 1), (1, 0), (0, -1), (-1, 0)]
    # 島を作る
    id = 0
    for i in range(H):
        for j in range(W):
            if S[i][j] == -1:
                id += 1
                S[i][j] = id
                q = deque()
                q.append((i, j))
                while q:
                    y, x = q.popleft()
                    for dy, dx in DIR:
                        ny, nx = y+dy, x+dx
                        if 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] == -1:
                            S[ny][nx] = id
                            q.append((ny, nx))

    start_id = S[CH-1][CW-1]
    goal_id = S[DH-1][DW-1]
    if start_id == goal_id:
        return 0

    # id: 島の数
    N = id
    G = [dict() for i in range(N)]

    # 島を連結する
    for i in range(H):
        for j in range(W):
            source_id = S[i][j]
            if source_id > 0:
                for k in range(i-2, i+3):
                    for l in range(j-2, j+3):
                        if 0 <= k < H and 0 <= l < W:
                            target_id = S[k][l]
                            if target_id > 0 and source_id != target_id:
                                G[source_id-1][target_id-1] = 1
                                G[target_id-1][source_id-1] = 1
    
    visited = [-1 for i in range(N)]
    q = deque()
    visited[start_id-1] = 0
    q.append(start_id-1)
    while q:
        u = q.popleft()
        if u == goal_id-1:
            break
        for v in G[u].keys():
            if visited[v] == -1:
                visited[v] = visited[u] + 1
                q.append(v)
    return visited[goal_id-1]


if __name__ == '__main__':
    inputs = read()
    outputs = solve(*inputs)
    if outputs is not None:
        print("%s" % str(outputs))