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

#define ll long long
#define ld long double
#define ar array

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
using namespace __gnu_pbds;

template <typename T> using oset = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;

#define vt vector
#define pb push_back
#define all(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()

#define F_OR(i, a, b, s) for (int i=(a); (s)>0?i<(b):i>(b); i+=(s))
#define F_OR1(e) F_OR(i, 0, e, 1)
#define F_OR2(i, e) F_OR(i, 0, e, 1)
#define F_OR3(i, b, e) F_OR(i, b, e, 1)
#define F_OR4(i, b, e, s) F_OR(i, b, e, s)
#define GET5(a, b, c, d, e, ...) e
#define F_ORC(...) GET5(__VA_ARGS__, F_OR4, F_OR3, F_OR2, F_OR1)
#define FOR(...) F_ORC(__VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define EACH(x, a) for (auto& x: a)

template<class T> bool umin(T& a, const T& b) {
	return b<a?a=b, 1:0;
}
template<class T> bool umax(T& a, const T& b) {
	return a<b?a=b, 1:0;
}

ll FIRSTTRUE(function<bool(ll)> f, ll lb, ll rb) {
	while(lb<rb) {
		ll mb=(lb+rb)/2;
		f(mb)?rb=mb:lb=mb+1;
	}
	return lb;
}
ll LASTTRUE(function<bool(ll)> f, ll lb, ll rb) {
	while(lb<rb) {
		ll mb=(lb+rb+1)/2;
		f(mb)?lb=mb:rb=mb-1;
	}
	return lb;
}




template<class A> void read(vt<A>& v);
template<class A, size_t S> void read(ar<A, S>& a);
template<class T> void read(T& x) {
	cin >> x;
}
void read(double& d) {
	string t;
	read(t);
	d=stod(t);
}
void read(long double& d) {
	string t;
	read(t);
	d=stold(t);
}
template<class H, class... T> void read(H& h, T&... t) {
	read(h);
	read(t...);
}
template<class A> void read(vt<A>& x) {
	EACH(a, x)
		read(a);
}
template<class A, size_t S> void read(array<A, S>& x) {
	EACH(a, x)
		read(a);
}

string to_string(char c) {
	return string(1, c);
}
string to_string(bool b) {
	return b?"true":"false";
}
string to_string(const char* s) {
	return string(s);
}
string to_string(string s) {
	return s;
}
string to_string(vt<bool> v) {
	string res;
	FOR(sz(v))
		res+=char('0'+v[i]);
	return res;
}

template<size_t S> string to_string(bitset<S> b) {
	string res;
	FOR(S)
		res+=char('0'+b[i]);
	return res;
}
template<class T> string to_string(T v) {
    bool f=1;
    string res;
    EACH(x, v) {
		if(!f)
			res+=' ';
		f=0;
		res+=to_string(x);
	}
    return res;
}

template<class A> void write(A x) {
	cout << to_string(x);
}
template<class H, class... T> void write(const H& h, const T&... t) {
	write(h);
	write(t...);
}
void print() {
	write("\n");
}
template<class H, class... T> void print(const H& h, const T&... t) {
	write(h);
	if(sizeof...(t))
		write(' ');
	print(t...);
}

void DBG() {
	cerr << "]" << endl;
}
template<class H, class... T> void DBG(H h, T... t) {
	cerr << to_string(h);
	if(sizeof...(t))
		cerr << ", ";
	DBG(t...);
}
#ifdef _DEBUG
#define dbg(...) cerr << "LINE(" << __LINE__ << ") -> [" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]: [", DBG(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define dbg(...) 0
#endif

template<class T> void offset(ll o, T& x) {
	x+=o;
}
template<class T> void offset(ll o, vt<T>& x) {
	EACH(a, x)
		offset(o, a);
}
template<class T, size_t S> void offset(ll o, ar<T, S>& x) {
	EACH(a, x)
		offset(o, a);
}

mt19937 mt_rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
ll randint(ll a, ll b) {
	return uniform_int_distribution<ll>(a, b)(mt_rng);
}

template<class T, class U> void vti(vt<T> &v, U x, size_t n) {
	v=vt<T>(n, x);
}
template<class T, class U> void vti(vt<T> &v, U x, size_t n, size_t m...) {
	v=vt<T>(n);
	EACH(a, v)
		vti(a, x, m);
}

const int d4i[4]={-1, 0, 1, 0}, d4j[4]={0, 1, 0, -1};
const int d8i[8]={-1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1}, d8j[8]={0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1};
#define vi vector<int>
#define pi pair<int, int>


const int mxN = 1e3;
int n , m ;
bool vis[mxN][mxN];

inline bool validate(int i, int j){
    return i >= 0 && i < n  && j >=0 && j < m;
}
int diy[] = {-1, 1, 0, 0};
int dix[] = {0, 0, -1, 1};
int main(){
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
    cin >> n  >>m;
    int a, b, c, d; cin >> a >> b >> c >> d;
    --a, --b , --c, --d;
    bool gr[n][m];
    FOR(i,n){
        FOR(j, m){
            char ch ; cin >> ch;
            gr[i][j] = (ch == '.');
        }
    }
    deque<pair<ll, pair<int, int>>> q;
    q.push_back({0, {a, b} });
    // vis[a][b] =1;
    while(!q.empty()){

        auto cur = q.front();
        q.pop_front();
        auto pos = cur.second;
        if(vis[pos.first][pos.second])continue;
        vis[pos.first][pos.second] = 1;
        if(pos.first == c && pos.second == d){
            cout << cur.first << endl;
            return 0;
            // exit(0);
        }
        for(int ix = 0; ix <= 3; ++ix){
                int i = pos.first+dix[ix];
                int j = pos.second+diy[ix];
                if(validate(i, j) && !vis[i][j] && gr[i][j]){
                    q.push_front({cur.first, {i ,j}});
                }

        }

        for(int ix = -2; ix <= 2; ++ix){
            for(int jx = -2; jx <= 2; ++jx){
                int i = pos.first+ix;
                int j = pos.second+jx;
                if(validate(i, j) && !vis[i][j] && gr[i][j]){
                    q.push_back({cur.first+1, {i, j}});
                }
            }

        }

    }
    cout << -1 << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 6640