#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <set>
//#include <numeric> //iota
//#include <sstream>
#include <cstring>
//#include <tuple>
//#include <random>
//#include <string>
//#include <unordered_set>
//#include <bitset>
//#include <unordered_map>
//#include <stack>
//#include <cmath>
//#include <deque>
#include <queue>
//#include <list>
#include <array>
using namespace std;
#define endl "\n"
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define vec vector
#define pb push_back
#define pp pop_back
#define fi first
#define IOS ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#define se second
#define un_map unordered_map
#define rep(i,a,n) for (int i = a; i < n; ++i) 
#define inc_rep(i,a,n,inc) for (int i = a; i < n; i += inc) 
#define couts(x) cout << x << "\n" 
#define watch(x) cout << #x << " : " << x << endl;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int,int> PII;
typedef pair<long long, long long>  PLII;
template<typename T>
void print(vector<T>& v) {rep(i, 0, (int)v.size()) cout << v[i] << " ";cout << endl;}
int nxt() {int x;cin >> x;return x;}
ll nxtl() {ll x;cin >> x;return x;}
string nxts() {string x;cin >> x;return x;}
double nxtd() {double x; cin >> x; return x;}

void __print(int x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(long long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(unsigned x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(unsigned long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(unsigned long long x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(float x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(double x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(long double x) {cerr << x;}
void __print(char x) {cerr << '\'' << x << '\'';}
void __print(const char *x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}
void __print(const string &x) {cerr << '\"' << x << '\"';}
void __print(bool x) {cerr << (x ? "true" : "false");}

template<typename T, typename V>
void __print(const pair<T, V> &x) {cerr << '{'; __print(x.first); cerr << ','; __print(x.second); cerr << '}';}
template<typename T>
void __print(const T &x) {int f = 0; cerr << '{'; for (auto &i: x) cerr << (f++ ? "," : ""), __print(i); cerr << "}";}
void _print() {cerr << "]\n";}
template <typename T, typename... V>
void _print(T t, V... v) {__print(t); if (sizeof...(v)) cerr << ", "; _print(v...);}

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define debug(x...) cerr << "[" << #x << "] = ["; _print(x)
#else
#define debug(x...)
#endif

int val[1001][1001];
int visit[1001][1001];

void fill() {
	rep (i, 0, 1000) {
		rep (j, 0, 1000) {
			val[i][j] = 10000000 + 7;
		}
	}
}
void clear() {
	rep (i, 0, 1000) {
		rep (j, 0, 1000) {
			visit[i][j] = 0;
		}
	}
}
struct Point {
	int x, y, d;
}; 


int main() {
	IOS;
	int n, m;
	cin >> n >> m;
	int a, b , x, y;
	cin >> a >> b >> x >> y;
	a--;b--;x--;y--;
	vector<string> s(n);
	rep (i, 0, n) {
		cin >> s[i];
	}
	int inf = 1e7 + 7;
	fill();
	int step = 0;
	set<vector<int>> q;
	rep (i, 0, n) {
		rep (j, 0, m) {
			q.insert({inf, i, j}); 
		}
	}
	q.erase({inf, a, b});
	q.insert({0, a, b});
	val[a][b] = 0;
	//clear();
	while (!q.empty()) {
		vector<int> p = *q.begin();
		q.erase(q.begin());
		rep (i, max(0, p[1] - 2), min(n, p[1] + 3)) {
			rep (j, max(0, p[2] - 2), min(m, p[2] + 3)) {
				if (s[i][j] == '.') {
					int z = val[i][j];
					if ((abs(i - p[1]) == 1 && j == p[2]) || (abs(j - p[2]) == 1 && i == p[1])) {
						val[i][j] = min(val[i][j], val[p[1]][p[2]]);
					}else {
						val[i][j] = min(val[i][j], val[p[1]][p[2]] + 1);
					} 
					if (val[i][j] < z) {
						q.erase({z, i, j});
						q.insert({val[i][j], i, j});
					}
				}
			}
		} 
		step++;
	}
	//rep (i, 0, n) {
		//rep (j, 0, m) {
			//cout << val[i][j] << "  ";
		//}
		//cout << endl;
	//}
	debug(step);
	if (val[x][y] >= inf) {
		cout << -1;
	}else {
		cout << val[x][y];
	}
}	

























Measured memory_bytes: 102380