/**
 * code generated by JHelper
 * More info: https://github.com/AlexeyDmitriev/JHelper
 * @author
 */

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using VI = vector<int>;
using VLL = vector<long long>;
using PII = pair<int, int>;
using PLL = pair<long long, long long>;

#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
#pragma GCC target("avx2")
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
//#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
//#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")

#define G(size_1) vector<vector<int>>(size_1, vector<int>())
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define READ ({ll t;cin >> t;t;})

#define FOR(i, _begin, _end) for (__typeof(_end) end = _end, begin = _begin,  i = (begin) - ((begin) > (end)); i != (end) - ((begin) > (end)); i += 1 - 2 * ((begin) > (end)))
#define REP(i, end) for (__typeof(end) i = 0, _len = (end); i < (_len); i += 1)
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define RALL(x) (x).rbegin(),(x).rend()
#define F first
#define S second
#define y0 y3487465
#define y1 y8687969
#define j0 j1347829
#define j1 j234892
#define MOD(x, m) ((((x) % (m)) + (m)) % (m))
#define BIT(n) (1LL<<(n))
#define UNIQUE(v) v.erase( unique(v.begin(), v.end()), v.end() );
#define EB emplace_back
#define PB push_back
#define fcout cout << fixed << setprecision(12)
#define fcerr cerr << fixed << setprecision(12)
#define print(x) cout << (x) << '\n'
#define printE(x) cout << (x) << endl
#define fprint(x) cout << fixed << setprecision(12) << (x) << endl
# define BYE(a) do { cout << (a) << endl; return ; } while (false)

#ifdef DEBUG
#define DBG(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); _err(cerr,_it, args); }
#define ERR(x) std::cerr << #x << " = " << x << endl;
#else
#define DBG(args...) {};
#define ERR(x) {};
#endif
void _err(std::ostream& cerr,istream_iterator<string> it) {cerr << endl;}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void _err(std::ostream& cerr, istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args) {
    cerr << *it << " = " << a << "  ";
    _err(cerr,++it, args...);
}

const double pi = 2 * acos(.0);
const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const ll mod = (ll) (1e9) + 7;

template<class T>bool Chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool Chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b<a) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }

template <typename T>
istream& operator >> (istream& is, vector<T>& V) {
    for(auto&& ele : V)is >> ele;
    return is;
}

template <typename T>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const vector<T> V) {
    os << "[";
    int cnt = 0;
    T curr;
    if(!V.empty()){
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() - 1; ++i) {
            if(V[i] == curr)cnt ++;
            else cnt = 0;
            if(cnt == 4)os << "... ";
            if(cnt < 4)
                os << i << ":" << V[i] << " ";
            curr = V[i];
        }
        os << V.size() - 1 << ":" << V.back();
    }
    os << "]\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const pair<T,U> P) {
    os << "(";
    os << P.first << "," << P.second;
    os << ")";
    return os;
}

template <typename T, typename U>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const set<T,U> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << *it << " ";
            it++;
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename H, typename P>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const unordered_set<K, H, P> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << *it << " ";
            it++;
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename C>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const multiset<K, C> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << *it << " ";
            it++;
        }
        os << *it;
    }
    os << "}";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename T, typename C>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const map<K,T,C> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << "(";
            os << it->first << "," << it->second;
            os << ") ";
            it++;
        }
        os << "(";
        os << it->first << "," << it->second;
        os << ")";
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename K, typename T, typename C>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const unordered_map<K,T,C> V) {
    os << "{";
    if(!V.empty()){
        auto it = V.begin();
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() -1; ++i) {
            os << "(";
            os << it->first << "," << it->second;
            os << ") ";
            it++;
        }
        os << "(";
        os << it->first << "," << it->second;
        os << ")";
    }
    os << "}\n";
    return os;
}

template <typename T>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const deque<T> V) {
    os << "[";
    if (!V.empty()) {
        for (int i = 0; i < V.size() - 1; ++i) {
            os << V[i] << "->";
        }
        if (!V.empty())os << V.back();
    }
    os << "]\n";
    return os;
};

template <typename T, typename Cont, typename Comp>
ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const priority_queue<T, Cont, Comp> V) {
    priority_queue<T, Cont, Comp> _V = V;
    os << "[";
    if(!_V.empty()){
        while(_V.size() > 1){
            os << _V.top() << "->";
            _V.pop();
        }
        os << _V.top();
    }
    os << "]\n";
    return os;
};

template <class F>
struct y_combinator {
    F f; // the lambda will be stored here

    // a forwarding operator():
    template <class... Args>
    decltype(auto) operator()(Args&&... args) const {
        // we pass ourselves to f, then the arguments.
        // the lambda should take the first argument as `auto&& recurse` or similar.
        return f(*this, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }
};
// helper function that deduces the type of the lambda:
template <class F>
y_combinator<std::decay_t<F>> recursive(F&& f){
return {std::forward<F>(f)};
}

struct hash_pair {
    template <class T1, class T2>
    size_t operator()(const pair<T1, T2>& p) const
    {
        auto hash1 = hash<T1>{}(p.first);
        auto hash2 = hash<T2>{}(p.second);
        return hash1 ^ hash2;
    }

};

template <typename T, typename U>
std::vector<T> multi_vector(int n, U v) {
    return std::vector<T>(n, v);
}

template <typename U, typename... Args>
auto multi_vector(int n, Args... args) {
    auto val = multi_vector<U>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    return std::vector<decltype(val)>(n, std::move(val));
}

struct edge{
        int to, cost;
    };
template< typename T >
vector< T > dijkstra(vector<vector<edge>> &g, int s) {
    const auto INF = numeric_limits< T >::max();
    vector< T > dist(g.size(), INF);

    using Pi = pair< T, int >;
    priority_queue< Pi, vector< Pi >, greater< Pi > > que;
    dist[s] = 0;
    que.emplace(dist[s], s);
    while(!que.empty()) {
        T cost;
        int idx;
        tie(cost, idx) = que.top();
        que.pop();
        if(dist[idx] < cost) continue;
        for(auto &e : g[idx]) {
            auto next_cost = cost + e.cost;
            if(dist[e.to] <= next_cost) continue;
            dist[e.to] = next_cost;
            que.emplace(dist[e.to], e.to);
        }
    }
    return dist;
}


class DWizardInMaze {
public:


void solve(std::istream& cin, std::ostream& cout, std::ostream& cerr) {
    int H, W;cin >> H >> W;
    int ch,dh,cw,dw;cin >> ch >> cw >> dh >> dw;
    ch--, dh--, cw--, dw--;
    vector<string > g(H);
    int start = ch*W + cw, goal = dh*W + dw;
    REP(i,H)cin >> g[i];
    vector<vector<edge>> d(H*W);
    auto ok = [&](int h, int w){
        return  0<= h && h<H && 0<= w && w < W && g[h][w] == '.';
    };
    VI dx = {0,0,1,-1},dy= {1,-1,0,0};
    REP(i,H)REP(j,W){
        if(g[i][j] == '.') {
            FOR(x, -2, 3)
                FOR(y, -2, 3) {
                    if (abs(x) + abs(y) > 1 && ok(x + i, y + j))d[i * W + j].EB(edge({(x + i) * W + (y + j), 1}));
                }
            REP(k, 4) {
                int x = i + dx[k], y = j + dy[k];
                if (ok(x, y))d[i * W + j].EB(edge{x * W + y, 0});
            }
        }
    }
    DBG(start, goal)
    auto dist = dijkstra<int>(d, start);
    DBG(dist)
    if(dist[goal] > 1e7)print(-1);
    else print(dist[goal]);



}


};


#undef int
int main() {

	DWizardInMaze solver;
	std::istream& in(std::cin);
	std::ostream& out(std::cout);
    std::ostringstream err;
	in.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    solver.solve(in, out,err);
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 101604