#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
#define MV 200001
#define LMV 21
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define emp emplace
#define mp make_pair
#define ins insert
#define sz(x) (int)x.size()
#define whoami(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); whi(_it, args); }

void whi(istream_iterator<string> it) { cerr<<"\n"; }

template<typename T, typename... Args>
void whi(istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args) { cerr<<*it<<" "<<a<<" "; whi(++it, args...); }

void FLASH() {ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);}
void SETF() {cout.ios_base::setf(ios_base::fixed); cerr.ios_base::setf(ios_base::fixed);}
void UNSETF() {cout.ios_base::unsetf(ios_base::fixed); cerr.ios_base::unsetf(ios_base::fixed);}

typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<ll> VL;
typedef pair<int, int> PII;
typedef pair<ll, ll> PLL;
typedef pair<PII, int> PPII;
typedef pair<PLL, ll> PPLL;
typedef map<int, int> MII;

const int MOD = 1000000007;
const ll INF = 4e18;

template <typename T>
using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
template <typename T>
using ordered_multiset = tree<T, null_type, less_equal<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;

struct h_llint {
  static uint64_t splitmix64(uint64_t x) {    // http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/splitmix64.c
    x += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15;
    x = (x ^ (x >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9;
    x = (x ^ (x >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111eb;
    return x ^ (x >> 31);
  }
  size_t operator()(uint64_t x) const {
    static const uint64_t FIXED_RANDOM = chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
    return splitmix64(x + FIXED_RANDOM);
  }
};

struct h_pair{
  size_t operator()(const PLL&x)const{
    return hash<ll>()(((ll)x.ff)^(((ll)x.ss)<<32));
  }
};

typedef map<ll, ll> MLL;
typedef map<PII, int> MPII;
typedef map<PLL, ll> MPLL;
typedef set<int> SI;
typedef set<ll> SL;
//ordered_set = order_of_key(.)
//ordered_set = find_by_order(.)
typedef ordered_set<int> OSI;
typedef ordered_set<ll> OSL;
typedef ordered_multiset<int> MOSI;
typedef ordered_multiset<ll> MOSL;
typedef unordered_map<ll, int, h_llint> UMLI;
typedef unordered_map<ll, ll, h_llint> UMLL;
typedef unordered_map<PLL, int, h_pair> UMPI;
typedef unordered_map<PLL, ll, h_pair> UMPL;

int dist[1001][1001];
string G[1001];

void bfs_visit(int h, int w, int ch, int cw, int dh, int dw)
{
	for(int i=1;i<=h;i++)
	{
		for(int j=1;j<=w;j++)
		dist[i][j] = MOD;	
	}	
	dist[ch][cw] = 0;
	deque<PII> D;
	D.push_back({ch, cw});
	while(!D.empty())
	{
		PII px = D.front();
		D.pop_front();
		if((px.ff == dh) && (px.ss == dw))
		break;	
		for(int i=-2;i<=2;i++)
		{
			for(int j=-2;j<=2;j++)
			{
				int cx = px.ff + i;
				int cy = px.ss + j;
				if((cx == px.ff) && (cy == px.ss))
				continue;
				if((cx > 0) && (cx <= h) && (cy > 0) && (cy <= w) && (G[cx-1][cy-1] == '.'))
				{
					int wt = 1;
					if(((abs(px.ff-cx) == 1) && (abs(px.ss-cy) == 0)) || ((abs(px.ff-cx) == 0) && (abs(px.ss-cy) == 1)))
					wt = 0;
					if(dist[cx][cy] > dist[px.ff][px.ss] + wt)
					{
						dist[cx][cy] = dist[px.ff][px.ss] + wt;
						if(!wt)
						D.push_front({cx, cy});
						else D.push_back({cx, cy});	
					}	
				}	
			}	
		}	
	}
	return;
}

void solve(int T)
{
	int h,w;
	cin>>h>>w;
	int ch,cw,dh,dw;
	cin>>ch>>cw>>dh>>dw;
	for(int i=0;i<h;i++)
	cin>>G[i];
	bfs_visit(h, w, ch, cw, dh, dw);
	cout<<((dist[dh][dw] == MOD) ? -1 : dist[dh][dw])<<"\n";
	return;
}

int main(void)
{
	// FLASH();
	//freopen("cowjog.in", "r", stdin);
	//freopen("cowjog.out", "w", stdout);
	int T;
	T = 1;

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
	time_t time_t1, time_t2;
	time_t1 = clock();
#endif

	//cin>>T;
	while(T--)
	solve(T);

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
	time_t2 = clock();
	SETF();
	cerr<<"Time taken: "<<setprecision(7)<<(time_t2 - time_t1)/(double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC<<"\n";
	UNSETF();
#endif

	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 9536