#include"bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;using ll=long long;using vi=vector<int>;using vvi=vector<vi>;using vl=vector<ll>;using vvl=vector<vl>;using P=pair<int,int>;using PL=pair<ll,ll>;using vp=vector<P>;using vpl=vector<PL>;
#define pqueue priority_queue
template<typename T>constexpr auto inf=numeric_limits<T>::max()/2;constexpr int INF=inf<int>,MOD=1000000007;constexpr ll LINF=inf<ll>;
#define _ol3(_1,_2,_3,name,...)name
#define _rep(i,n)_repi(i,0,n)
#define _repi(i,a,b)for(int i=a,i##_l=(b);i<i##_l;++i)
#define REP(...)_ol3(__VA_ARGS__,_repi,_rep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define REPR(i,n)for(int i=n-1;i>=0;--i)
#define REPA(i,v)REP(i,(v).size())
#define all(v)(v).begin(),(v).end()
#define rall(v)(v).rbegin(),(v).rend()
#define bit(n)(1ll<<(n))
#define F first
#define S second
#define endl '\n'
void _print(ostream&){}template<class T,class...U>void _print(ostream&s,const T&t,const U&...u){s<<t<<(sizeof...(u)?' ':'\n');_print(s,u...);}
template<class...T>void print(const T&...t){_print(cout,t...);}template<class...T>void dprint(const T&...t){_print(cerr,t...);}
#ifndef LOCAL
struct osd{template<class T>osd&operator<<(const T&t){return*this;}};osd cer_;
#define dprint(...)
#define cerr cer_
#endif
#define dbg(x) dprint("@l",__LINE__,':',#x,'=',x)
#define cho(n,a,b)print((n)?a:b)
void YES(int n){cho(n,"YES","NO");}void Yes(int n){cho(n,"Yes","No");}void Poss(int n){cho(n,"Possible","Impossible");}
template<class T, class U>bool chmax(T&a,const U&b){bool x=a<b;x?a=b:b;return x;}template<class T, class U>bool chmin(T&a,const U&b){bool x=a>b;x?a=b:b;return x;}
template<class T, class U>auto max(const T&a,const U&b){return a<b?b:a;}template<class T, class U>auto min(const T&a,const U&b){return a<b?a:b;}
template<class T,class U>ostream&operator<<(ostream&o,const pair<T,U>&p){return o<<p.F<<' '<<p.S;}template<class T,class U>istream&operator>>(istream&i,pair<T,U>&p){return i>>p.F>>p.S;}
template<class T>class iterable{static false_type c(string v);template<class U>static auto c(U v)->decltype(all(v),true_type());static false_type c(...);public:const static bool value=decltype(c(declval<T>()))::value;};
template<class T,enable_if_t<iterable<T>::value,int> =0>ostream&operator<<(ostream&o,const T&v){for(auto&&i:v)o<<i<<' ';return o;}
template<class T>istream&operator>>(istream&i,vector<T>&v){for(T&j:v)i>>j;return i;}template<class T>vector<T>&operator<<(vector<T>&v,const T&t){v.push_back(t);return v;}
template<class T,class U>queue<T,U>&operator<<(queue<T,U>&v, const T&t){v.push(t);return v;}template<class T,class U>queue<T,U>&operator>>(queue<T,U>&v, T&t){t=v.front();v.pop();return v;}
template<class T,class U,class V>pqueue<T,U,V>&operator<<(pqueue<T,U,V>&v, const T&t){v.push(t);return v;}template<class T,class U,class V>pqueue<T,U,V>&operator>>(pqueue<T,U,V>&v, T&t){t=v.front();v.pop();return v;}
template<class T,class U>stack<T,U>&operator<<(stack<T,U>&v, const T&t){v.push(t);return v;}template<class T,class U>stack<T,U>&operator>>(stack<T,U>&v, T&t){t=v.front();v.pop();return v;}
template<class T,class U,class V>set<T,U,V>&operator<<(set<T,U,V>&v,const T&t){v.insert(t);return v;}template<class T,class U,class V>multiset<T,U,V>&operator<<(multiset<T,U,V>&v,const T&t){v.insert(t);return v;}
template<class T,enable_if_t<is_integral<T>::value,int> =0>T mod(T a, T b){if(a>0)return a%b;return b-(-a%b);}template<class T,enable_if_t<is_floating_point<T>::value,int> =0>T mod(T a, T b){if(a>0)return fmod(a,b);return b-fmod(-a,b);}
template<class T,class U>pair<T,U>&operator+=(pair<T,U>&a, const pair<T,U>&b){a.F+=b.F;a.S+=b.S;return a;}template<class T,class U>pair<T,U> operator+(const pair<T,U>&a, const pair<T,U>&b){auto r=a;return r+=b;}
template<class T,class U>pair<T,U>&operator-=(pair<T,U>&a, const pair<T,U>&b){a.F-=b.F;a.S-=b.S;return a;}template<class T,class U>pair<T,U> operator-(const pair<T,U>&a, const pair<T,U>&b){auto r=a;return r-=b;}
template<class T,class U>pair<T,U> operator-(const pair<T,U>&a){return {-a.F, -a.S};}
template<class T,class U>double norm(const pair<T,U>&p){return norm(p.F)+norm(p.S);}template<class T,class U>double abs(const pair<T,U>&p){return sqrt(norm(p));}

// O( (E+V) log V)
using len_type=ll;

struct Edge {int to;len_type cost;};
vector<vector<Edge>> graph;
void dijkstra(int start, vector<len_type>& dist){
    int n=graph.size();
    fill(all(dist), inf<len_type>);
    dist.resize(n, inf<len_type>);
    priority_queue<P,vector<P>,greater<P>> q;
    dist[start]=0;
    q.push(make_pair(0,start));
    while(!q.empty()){
        P p=q.top();
        q.pop();
        int v=p.second;
        if(dist[v]<p.first)continue;
        for(const Edge&e:graph[v]){
            if(dist[e.to]>dist[v]+e.cost){
                dist[e.to]=dist[v]+e.cost;
                q.push(make_pair(dist[e.to],e.to));
            }
        }
    }
}

int main(){
    cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cout<<fixed<<setprecision(10);
    int h,w;
    cin>>h>>w;
    P c,d;
    cin>>c>>d;
    graph.resize(h*w);
    vector<string> s(h);
    cin>>s;
    REP(i,h)REP(j,w){
        if(s[i][j] == '#')continue;
        REP(x,-2,3)REP(y,-2,3){
            if(i+x<0 || i+x>=h)continue;
            if(j+y<0 || j+y>=w)continue;
            if(s[i+x][j+y]=='#')continue;
            graph[i*w+j].push_back({(i+x)*w+(j+y), 1});
        }

        if(j-1>0 && s[i][j-1] == '.')graph[i*w+j].push_back({i*w+(j-1), 0});
        if(j+1<w && s[i][j+1] == '.')graph[i*w+j].push_back({i*w+(j+1), 0});
        if(i-1>0 && s[i-1][j] == '.')graph[i*w+j].push_back({(i-1)*w+j, 0});
        if(i+1<h && s[i+1][j] == '.')graph[i*w+j].push_back({(i+1)*w+j, 0});
    }
    vl rd;
    dijkstra((c.F-1)*w+(c.S-1), rd);
    /* REP(i,h){REP(j,w)cerr<<rd[i*w+j]<<' ';cerr<<endl;} */
    ll ans = rd[(d.F-1)*w+(d.S-1)];
    if(ans == LINF)ans=-1;
    cout<<ans<<endl;
    



}


Measured memory_bytes: 205844