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#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int,int> pint;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;
typedef pair<int,pint> ppint;
typedef pair<ll,pll> ppll;
typedef vector<int> vint;
typedef vector<ll> vll;

const double pi=3.141592653589793;
const int INF10 = 1000000001;
const ll INF15 = 1e15 +1;
const long long INF18 = 1e18 + 1;
const int mod = 1000000007;
//const int mod = 998244353;
const double EPS=0.00001;

#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (ll)(n); i++)
#define rep1(i, n) for (int i = 1; i <= (ll)(n); i++)
#define rep2(i,start,end) for(int i=(ll)start;i<=(ll)end;i++)
#define vrep(i, n) for(int i=(ll)n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define vrep1(i, n) for(int i=(ll)n;i>0;i--)
#define all(n) n.begin(),n.end()
#define pb push_back
#define debug(x) cerr << #x <<": " << x << '\n'
#define arep(it,a) for(auto it : a )

struct edge{
    edge(int s,int e,long long c){
        to=e;from=s;cost=c;
    }
    edge(int i,long long c=1){
        edge(-1,i,c);
    }
    int from;
    int to;
    long cost;
};
typedef vector<edge> edges;

//bを何回足せばaを超えるか(O(a/b))
//a+b-1/bとすればよし

//2進数表示したときの最高桁(O(log n))
int bi_max(long n){
    int m = 0;
    for (m; (1 << m) <= n; m++);
    m = m - 1;
    return m;
}
//bi_eに二進数表示したやつを代入(O(log^2 n))
//bitset<N> a(n)でnの二進数表示が得られて、a[i]=0or1でi番目のfragが立ってるかわかる
//x^n mod m (nが負の時は０)(O(log n))
long myPow(long x, long n, long m=mod){
    if (n < 0)
        return 0;
    if (n == 0)
        return 1;
    if (n % 2 == 0)
        return myPow(x * x % m, n / 2, m);
    else
        return x * myPow(x, n - 1, m) % m;
}
// auto mod int
// https://youtu.be/L8grWxBlIZ4?t=9858
// https://youtu.be/ERZuLAxZffQ?t=4807 : optimize
// https://youtu.be/8uowVvQ_-Mo?t=1329 : division
struct mint{
    ll x; // typedef long long ll;
    mint(ll x = 0) : x((x % mod + mod) % mod) {}
    mint operator-() const { return mint(-x); }
    mint &operator+=(const mint a)
    {
        if ((x += a.x) >= mod)
            x -= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    mint &operator-=(const mint a)
    {
        if ((x += mod - a.x) >= mod)
            x -= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    mint &operator*=(const mint a)
    {
        (x *= a.x) %= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    mint operator+(const mint a) const { return mint(*this) += a; }
    mint operator-(const mint a) const { return mint(*this) -= a; }
    mint operator*(const mint a) const { return mint(*this) *= a; }
    mint pow(ll t) const
    {
        if (!t)
            return 1;
        mint a = pow(t >> 1);
        a *= a;
        if (t & 1)
            a *= *this;
        return a;
    }

    // for prime mod
    mint inv() const { return pow(mod - 2); }
    mint &operator/=(const mint a) { return *this *= a.inv(); }
    mint operator/(const mint a) const { return mint(*this) /= a; }
    bool operator!=(const int a) { return this->x!=a; }
     bool operator==(const int a) { return this->x==a; }
};
istream &operator>>(istream &is, const mint &a) { return is >> a.x; }
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const mint &a) { return os << a.x; }
// combination mod prime
// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uowVvQ_-Mo&feature=youtu.be&t=1619
struct combination{
    vector<mint> fact, ifact;
    combination(int n) : fact(n + 1), ifact(n + 1)
    {
        assert(n < mod);
        fact[0] = 1;
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
            fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
        ifact[n] = fact[n].inv();
        for (int i = n; i >= 1; --i)
            ifact[i - 1] = ifact[i] * i;
    }
    mint operator()(int n, int k)
    {
        if (k < 0 || k > n)
            return 0;
        return fact[n] * ifact[k] * ifact[n - k];
    }
};
template<class T>
bool maxin (T &a,T b){if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
template<class T>
bool minin (T &a,T b){if(a>b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
template<class M,class N> 
common_type_t<M,N> mygcd(M a,N b){
    a=abs(a);b=abs(b);
    if(a < b) return mygcd(b, a);
    M r;
    while ((r=a%b)) {
        a = b;
        b = r;
    }
    return b;
}
template<class M,class N>
common_type_t<M,N> mylcm(M a,N b){
    return (a/mygcd(a,b))*b;
}

const int N_MAX=1005;
int h,w,sx,sy,ex,ey,dx[4]={1,0,-1,0},dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
char s[N_MAX][N_MAX];
vector<vint> dp;

int solve(){
    dp.resize(h,vint(w,INF10));
    deque<pint> que;
    que.push_back({sy,sx});
    dp[sy][sx]=0;
    while(que.size()){
        pint now=que.front();que.pop_front();
        rep(i,5){
            rep(j,5){
                int ny=now.first-2+i,nx=now.second-2+j;
                if(ny>=0&&ny<h&&nx>=0&&nx<w&&s[ny][nx]!='#'&&minin(dp[ny][nx],dp[now.first][now.second]+1)){
                    que.push_back({ny,nx});
                }
            }
        }
        rep(i,4){
            int nx=dx[i]+now.second,ny=dy[i]+now.first;
            if(ny>=0&&ny<h&&nx>=0&&nx<w&&s[ny][nx]!='#'&&minin(dp[ny][nx],dp[now.first][now.second])){
                que.push_front({ny,nx});
            }
        }
    }
    return dp[ey][ex];
}

void Main(){
    int x=0,y=INF10,z=1;
    //入力
    cin>>h>>w;
    cin>>sy>>sx;
    sy--;sx--;
    cin>>ey>>ex;
    ey--;ex--;
    rep(i,h){
        rep(j,w){
            cin>>s[i][j];
        }
    }
    //処理
    int ans=solve();
    //出力
    if(ans==INF10)cout << -1 <<endl;
    else cout << ans <<endl;
}

int main(){
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    cout<<fixed<<setprecision(12);
    Main();
}

Measured memory_bytes: 8620