/* winners never quit and quitters never win.
      #swap                                 */
      
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> 
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
#pragma GCC optimize ("-O3")
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
const ll mod = 1000000007;
const ll inf = 1000000000000000000;
const ll rk = 256;
const ld PI = 3.141592653589793;

typedef tree<
int,
null_type,
less<int>,
rb_tree_tag,
tree_order_statistics_node_update>
ordered_set;

template <typename T>
void make_unique(vector<T>& vec) {
  sort(all(vec));
  vec.erase(unique(all(vec)), vec.end());
}

#define endl '\n'
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define vc vector
#define fs first
#define sec second
#define pq priority_queue
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define pll pair<ll,ll> 
#define pls pair<ll,string>
#define psl pair<string,ll>
#define plc pair<ll,char>
#define pcl pair<char,ll>
#define pss pair<string,string>
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define tol(s) transform(s.begin(),s.end(),s.begin(),::tolower);
#define tou(s) transform(s.begin(),s.end(),s.begin(),::toupper);
#define printclock cerr<<"Time : "<<1000*(ld)clock()/(ld)CLOCKS_PER_SEC<<"ms\n";

#define error(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); err(_it, args); }

void err(istream_iterator<string> it) {}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void err(istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args) {
	cerr << *it << " = " << a << endl;
	err(++it, args...);
}

#define rep(i, begin, end) for (__typeof(end) i = (begin) - ((begin) > (end)); i != (end) - ((begin) > (end)); i += 1 - 2 * ((begin) > (end)))
#define T ll t=0;cin>>t;for(ll test=0;test<t;test++)

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());


ll nxt() {
    ll TemporaryVariable;
    cin >> TemporaryVariable;
    return TemporaryVariable;
}

struct custom_hash {
    static uint64_t splitmix64(uint64_t x) {
        // http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/splitmix64.c
        x += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111eb;
        return x ^ (x >> 31);
    }

    size_t operator()(uint64_t x) const {
        static const uint64_t FIXED_RANDOM = chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
        return splitmix64(x + FIXED_RANDOM);
    }
};

 
int32_t main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
	//isprime();
	//coeff();
	/*freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);*/
    ll n=nxt(),m=nxt();
    ll sx=nxt()-1,sy=nxt()-1;
    ll ex=nxt()-1,ey=nxt()-1;
    string s[n];
    rep(A,0,n)
        cin>>s[A];
    ll dist[n][m];
    rep(a,0,n)
        rep(b,0,m)
            dist[a][b]=mod;
    dist[sx][sy]=0;
    ll f[4]={0,0,1,-1},g[4]={1,-1,0,0};
    ll x[5]={-2,-1,0,1,2},y[5]={-2,-1,0,1,2};
    deque<pll> q;
    q.push_front({sx,sy});
    while(!q.empty())
    {
        pll temp=q.front();
        q.pop_front();
        ll u=temp.fs,v=temp.sec;
        rep(a,0,4)
        {
            ll p=u+f[a],w=v+g[a];
            if(p>=0 and p<n and w>=0 and w<m and s[p][w]=='.' and dist[p][w]>dist[u][v])
            {
                dist[p][w]=dist[u][v];
                q.push_front({p,w});
            }
        }
        rep(a,0,5)
        {
            rep(b,0,5)
            {
                ll p=u+x[a],w=v+y[b];
                if(p>=0 and p<n and w>=0 and w<m and s[p][w]=='.' and dist[p][w]>dist[u][v])
                {
                    dist[p][w]=dist[u][v]+1;
                    q.push_back({p,w});
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if(dist[ex][ey]==mod)
        dist[ex][ey]=-1;
    cout<<dist[ex][ey]<<endl;
	printclock;
	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 13856