#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p);

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p);

template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p);

string to_string(const string& s) {
    return '"' + s + '"';
}

string to_string(const char* s) {
    return to_string((string) s);
}

string to_string(bool b) {
     return (b ? "true" : "false");
}

string to_string(vector<bool> v) {
    bool first = true;
    string res = "{";
    for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(v.size()); i++) {
        if (!first) {
            res += ", ";
        }
        first = false;
        res += to_string(v[i]);
    }
    res += "}";
    return res;
}

template <size_t N>
string to_string(bitset<N> v) {
    string res = "";
    for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++) {
        res += static_cast<char>('0' + v[i]);
    }
    return res;
}

template <typename A>
string to_string(A v) {
    if(v.size() >= 200) {
        return "Too big container";
    }

    bool first = true;
    string res = "{";
    for (const auto &x : v) {
        if (!first) {
            res += ", ";
        }
        first = false;
        res += to_string(x);
    }
    res += "}";
    return res;
}

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p) {
    return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p) {
    return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p) {
    return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<3>(p)) + ")";
}

void debug_out() { cerr << endl; }

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
    cerr << " " << to_string(H);
    debug_out(T...);
}
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)

#define rep(i,n) for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
#define per(i,n) for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define rep1(i,n) for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
#define reps(i,s,n) for (int i = s; i < n; ++i)
#define all(c) begin(c),end(c)
template<typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int,int> PINT;
typedef pair<ll,ll> PLL;
const long long MOD = 1e9+7;
#define precout() cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(20);
#define print(a) cout << a << endl;
const int INFI = (1 << 30) - 1;
const long long INFLL = (1LL << 62) - 1;
template<typename T> void printv(vector<T>&v) {
    int n = v.size() - 1;
    rep(i, n) cout << v[i] << " ";
    cout << v.back() << endl;
}
const int dy[4] = { 0, 1, 0, -1 };
const int dx[4] = { 1, 0, -1, 0 };
const int dy8[8] = { 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1 };
const int dx8[8] = { -1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1 };
double deg2rad(double deg) { return deg * M_PI / 180; }
double rad2deg(double rad) { return rad * 180 / M_PI; }
void yesorno(bool flag) {
    if(flag) print("Yes")
    else print("No");
}

int main() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

    int H,W; cin >> H >> W;
    int CH,CW,DH,DW; cin >> CH >> CW >> DH >> DW;
    --CH, --CW, --DH, --DW;
    vector<string> G(H);
    rep(i, H) {
        cin >> G[i];
    }

    vector<vector<int>> warpCnt(H, vector<int>(W, -1));
    deque<PINT> q;
    q.push_front({DH, DW});
    warpCnt[DH][DW] = 0;

    while(!q.empty()) {
        PINT top = q.front(); q.pop_front();
        int curH = top.first, curW = top.second;
        int curCnt = warpCnt[curH][curW];

        rep(i, 4) {
            int nh = curH + dy[i], nw = curW + dx[i];
            if(nh >= 0 && nh < H && nw >= 0 && nw < W) {
                if(G[nh][nw] == '.') {
                    if(warpCnt[nh][nw] == -1 || warpCnt[nh][nw] > curCnt) {
                        warpCnt[nh][nw] = curCnt;
                        q.push_front({nh, nw});
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        reps(h, -2, 3) {
            reps(w, -2, 3) {
                if(h == 0 && w == 0) continue;

                int nh = curH + h, nw = curW + w;
                if(nh >= 0 && nh < H && nw >= 0 && nw < W && G[nh][nw] == '.') {
                    if(warpCnt[nh][nw] == -1 || warpCnt[nh][nw] > curCnt + 1) {
                        warpCnt[nh][nw] = curCnt + 1;

                        q.push_back({nh, nw});
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    print(warpCnt[CH][CW]);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8680