#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define ll                          long long
#define in(a)                       ll a; cin>>a;
#define in2(a,b)                    ll a,b; cin>>a>>b;
#define in3(a,b,c)                  ll a,b,c; cin>>a>>b>>c;
#define in4(a,b,c,d)                ll a,b,c,d; cin>>a>>b>>c>>d;
#define in5(a,b,c,d,e)              ll a,b,c,d,e; cin>>a>>b>>c>>d>>e;
#define lelo(b)                     for(auto &i:b)cin>>i;
#define ff                          first
#define ss                          second
#define call(v)                     v.begin(),v.end()
#define rall(v)                     v.rbegin(),v.rend()
#define show(x)                     for(auto t:x)cout<<t<<" ";
#define pb                          push_back
#define bhar(s,v)                   memset(s,v,sizeof(s))
#define endl                        "\n"                       
#define ce(x)                       cout<<x<<"\n";
#define nl                          cout<<endl;
#define jaldi                       ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);
#define dekh_lo                     ce("dekh_lo");
#define sz(x)                       (ll)x.size()
#define re                          return

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

typedef pair<ll,ll> pii;
typedef vector<pii> vii;
typedef vector<ll> vi;

const ll mod=1e9+7;
const ll N=4e5+5;

/*


*/

void solve(){
	int h,w;
	cin >> h >> w;
	int srow,scol,erow,ecol;
	cin >> srow >> scol;
	cin >> erow >> ecol;
	--srow,--scol,--erow,--ecol;
	string grid[h];
	for(int i = 0; i < h;++i){
		cin >> grid[i];
	}
	bool ok = false;
	deque<pair<int,int> > dq;
	int dist[h][w];
	for(int i = 0; i < h;++i){
		for(int j = 0; j < w;++j){
			dist[i][j] = 1e7;
		}
	}
	dist[srow][scol] = 0;
	dq.push_back({srow,scol});
	while(!dq.empty()){
		pair<int,int> cur_node = dq.front();
		dq.pop_front();
		int row = cur_node.first;
		int col = cur_node.second;
		if(row == erow && col == ecol){
			ok = true;
			break;
		}
		for(int dx = -2;dx <= 2;++dx){
			for(int dy = -2;dy <= 2;++dy){
				int nrow = row + dx;
				int ncol = col + dy;
				if(nrow == row && ncol == col)
					continue;
				if(nrow < 0 || ncol < 0 || nrow >= h || ncol >= w)
					continue;
				int w = 1;
				if(grid[nrow][ncol] == '#')
					continue;
				if((abs(nrow-row) == 1 && abs(ncol-col) == 0) || (abs(ncol-col) == 1 && abs(nrow-row) == 0))
					w = 0;
				if(dist[nrow][ncol] > dist[row][col] + w){
					dist[nrow][ncol] = dist[row][col] + w;
					if(w == 0)
						dq.push_front({nrow,ncol});
					else
						dq.push_back({nrow,ncol});
				}
			}
		}
	}
	if(!ok)
		dist[erow][ecol] = -1;
	cout << dist[erow][ecol] << "\n";
}

int32_t main(){
    // jaldi
    ll t; 
    // cin>>t;
    t=1;     
    while(t--){
        solve();
    }
}

/*


*/

  

Measured memory_bytes: 9396