//#pragma GCC optimize ("-O3")
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <stack>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
#include <bitset>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <functional>
#include <queue>
#include <regex>
#include <cassert>
#include <map>
#include <type_traits>
#include <array>
#include <cassert>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <time.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <random>
#include <sstream>
#include <complex>
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <intrin.h>
#define popcnt __popcnt64
//#  define __builtin_popcount __popcnt
#else
#define popcnt __builtin_popcountll
#endif
//#include "boost/variant.hpp"



//#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
//namespace mp = boost::multiprecision;
//using lll = mp::cpp_int;

using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
constexpr ll MOD = 1000000007ll;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;

#define rep(i, N, M) for(ll i=N, i##_len=(M); i<i##_len; ++i)
#define rep_skip(i, N, M, ...) for(ll i=N, i##_len=(M); i<i##_len; i+=(skip))
#define rrep(i, N, M)  for(ll i=(M)-1, i##_len=(N-1); i>i##_len; --i)
#define repbit(bit, N, DIG) rep(bit, (N), (1LL<< (DIG)))
#define pb push_back
#define fir first
#define sec second
#define all(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define rall(a) (a).rbegin(), (a).rend()
#define perm(c) sort(all(c));for(bool c##perm=1;c##perm;c##perm=next_permutation(all(c))) //perm(c){write(c)} writes all permutation of c 
constexpr ll dceil(ll x, ll y) { if (y < 0) { x *= -1; y *= -1; }; return x > 0 ? (x + y - 1) / y : x / y; } // ceil for x/y
constexpr ll dfloor(ll x, ll y) { if (y < 0) { x *= -1; y *= -1; };  return x > 0 ? x / y : -dceil((-x), y); } // floor for x/y

typedef pair<double, double> pd;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector<vll> vvll;
typedef vector<pll> vpll;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
typedef vector<vb> vvb;
typedef vector<string> vs;
template<typename T> using pq_greater = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
template<typename T> using vpt = vector<complex<T>>;

template<int n>
struct tll_impl {
	using type = decltype(tuple_cat(tuple<ll>(), declval<typename tll_impl<n - 1>::type>()));
};
template<>
struct tll_impl<1> {
	using type = tuple<ll>;
};
template<int n>
using tll = typename tll_impl<n>::type;

template<class T>
constexpr ll SZ(T& v) { return static_cast<ll>(v.size()); };

template<int n, typename T>
struct vec_t_impl {
	using type = vector<typename vec_t_impl<n-1,T>::type>;
};
template<typename T>
struct vec_t_impl<1,T> {
	using type = vector<T>;
};
template<int n, typename T>
using vec_t = typename vec_t_impl<n, T>::type;
// check 
static_assert(is_same<vec_t<3,ll>, vector<vector<vector<ll>>>>::value, "");

// decompose vector into basetype and dimension.
template<typename T> 
struct vec_dec {
	static constexpr int dim = 0;
	using type  = T;
};
template<typename T>
struct vec_dec<vector<T>> {
	static constexpr int dim = vec_dec<T>::dim+1;
	using type  = typename vec_dec<T>::type;
};
static_assert(is_same<typename vec_dec<vec_t<3, ll>>::type, ll>::value, "");
static_assert(vec_dec<vec_t<3, ll>>::dim == 3, "");

template<typename T = ll>
vector<T> makev(size_t a) { return vector<T>(a); }

template<typename T = ll, typename... Ts>
auto makev(size_t a, Ts... ts) {
	return vector<decltype(makev<T>(ts...))>(a, makev<T>(ts...));
} // ex:  auto dp =  makev<ll>(4,5) => vector<vector<ll>> dp(4,vector<ll>(5));

template < typename T >
struct is_vector : std::false_type {}; // check if T is vector

template < typename T >
struct is_vector<vector<T>> : std::true_type {};
static_assert(is_vector<vector<ll>>::value == true && is_vector<ll>::value == false, "");

// check if T is vector
template < typename T>
struct is_pair : std::false_type {};

template < typename T, typename S >
struct is_pair<pair<T, S>> : std::true_type {};
static_assert(is_pair<pll>::value == true && is_pair<ll>::value == false, "");

template<typename T, typename V, typename enable_if<!is_vector<T>::value, nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
void fill_v(T& t, const V& v) { t = v; }

template<typename T, typename V, typename enable_if<is_vector<T>::value, nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
void fill_v(T& t, const V& v) {
	for (auto &&x : t)
		fill_v(x, v);
} // ex:  fill_v(dp, INF);

namespace std {
	template<class T> bool operator<(const complex<T>& a, const complex<T>& b) {
		return a.real() == b.real() ? a.imag() < b.imag() : a.real() < b.real();
	}
};

template<typename T, typename S> istream& operator>>(istream& istr, pair<T, S>& x) { return istr>> x.first >> x.second; }
template<typename T> istream& operator>>(istream& istr, vector<T>& x) {	rep(i, 0, x.size()) istr >> x[i]; return istr; }
template<typename T> istream& operator>>(istream& istr, complex<T>& x) { T r, i; istr >> r >> i; x.real(r); x.imag(i); return istr; }

template<typename T, typename Delim_t = string, typename enable_if<!is_vector<T>::value, nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
void write(T& x, Delim_t delim = " ") { cout << x << delim; }
template<typename T, typename Delim_t = string, typename enable_if<is_vector<T>::value, nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
void write(T& x, Delim_t delim = " ") { rep(i, 0, x.size()) write(x[i], (i == (x.size() - 1) ? "" : delim)); cout << '\n'; }

template<typename T> void chmin(T &a, T b) {
	if (a > b) a = b;
}
template<typename T> void chmax(T &a, T b) {
	if (a < b) a = b;
}

vll seq(ll i, ll j) {
	vll res(j - i);
	rep(k, i, j) res[k] = i + k;
	return res;
}

constexpr ll POW_0(ll x, ll y) {
	if (y == 0)return 1;
	if (y == 1)return x ;
	if (y == 2)return x * x ;
	if (y % 2 == 0)return POW_0(POW_0(x, y / 2), 2LL);
	return ((POW_0(POW_0(x, y / 2), 2LL)) * (x)) ;
}

constexpr ll POW(ll x, ll y, ll mod = 0) {
	if (mod == 0)return POW_0(x, y);
	if (y == 0)return 1;
	if (y == 1)return x % mod;
	if (y == 2)return x * x % mod;
	if (y % 2 == 0)return POW(POW(x, y / 2, mod), 2LL, mod) % mod;
	return ((POW(POW(x, y / 2, mod), 2LL, mod)) * (x % mod)) % mod;
}

template<
	typename Inputs,
	typename Functor,
	typename T = typename Inputs::value_type>
	void sort_by(Inputs& inputs, Functor f) {
	std::sort(std::begin(inputs), std::end(inputs),
		[&f](const T& lhs, const T& rhs) { return f(lhs) < f(rhs); });
}

template<
	int pos,
	typename Inputs,
	typename T = typename Inputs::value_type>
	void sort_by(Inputs& inputs) {
	std::sort(std::begin(inputs), std::end(inputs),
		[](const T& lhs, const T& rhs) { return get<pos>(lhs) < get<pos>(rhs); });
}

template<
	typename Inputs,
	typename Functor,
	typename T = typename Inputs::value_type>
	void stable_sort_by(Inputs& inputs, Functor f) {
	std::stable_sort(std::begin(inputs), std::end(inputs),
		[&f](const T& lhs, const T& rhs) { return f(lhs) < f(rhs); });
}

template<typename Inputs>
void sort_uniq(Inputs& inputs) {
	sort(all(inputs));
	inputs.erase(unique(all(inputs)), inputs.end());
}

vector<string> split(const string& s, char delim) {
	vector<string> elems;
	stringstream ss(s);
	string item;
	if (s.size() > 0 && s.front() == delim) {
		elems.push_back("");
	}
	while (getline(ss, item, delim)) {
		if (!item.empty()) {
			elems.push_back(item);
		}
	}
	if (s.size() > 0 && s.back() == delim) {
		elems.push_back("");
	}
	return elems;
}

template<class T>
map<T,ll> inv_map(vector<T>& x) {
	map<T, ll> res;
	rep(i, 0, x.size()) {
		res[x[i]] = i;
	}
	return res;
}
template<class K, class V>
map<V, K> inv_map(map<K, V>& m) {
	map<V, K> res;
	for(const auto& x: m) {
		res[x.second] = x.first;
	}
	return res;
}
template<class T, class val_t = typename T::value_type, enable_if_t<!is_same<T, set<val_t>>::value >* = nullptr >
constexpr bool exist(const T& container, val_t val) { return find(all(container), val) != container.end(); }
template<class T, class val_t = typename T::value_type,  enable_if_t<is_same<T, set<val_t>>::value >* = nullptr >
constexpr bool exist(const T& container, val_t val) { return container.find(val) != container.end(); }

// inner prod: |a||b|cos(theta)
template<class T> T dot(complex<T> a, complex<T> b) {	return a.real() * b.real() + a.imag() * b.imag(); }
// outer prod |a||b|sin(theta)
template<class T> T cross(complex<T> a, complex<T> b) { return a.real() * b.imag() - a.imag() * b.real(); }



struct D2 {
	enum Dir {U, D, L, R};
	static inline vector<Dir> Dirs = { U, D, L, R };
	D2(ll h, ll w) : h(h), w(w) {};
	bool in(ll n, D2::Dir d, ll k = 1) {
		if ((W(n) <= k-1) && d == L)
			return false;
		if ((W(n) >= w - 1 - (k-1)) && d == R)
			return false;
		if ((H(n) <= k-1) && d == D)
			return false;
		if ((H(n) >= h - 1 - (k - 1)) && d == U)
			return false;
		return true;
	};
	ll next(Dir d, ll k = 1) {
		switch (d)
		{
		case U: return w * k;
		case D: return -w * k;
		case L: return -k;
		case R: return k;
		default: throw invalid_argument("not direction");
		}
	}
	ll H(ll n) { return n / w; }
	ll W(ll n) { return n % w; }

	ll h, w;
};

























int main() {

	cin.tie(0);
	cout.tie(0);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cout << fixed << setprecision(12);

	ll h, w; cin >> h >> w;
	//ll h = 1000, w = 1000;
	D2 d2(h, w);
	pll cc, dd; cin >> cc >> dd;
	//pll cc{ 1,1 }, dd{ 999,999 };
	ll c = (cc.first - 1) * w + (cc.second - 1);
	ll d = (dd.first - 1) * w + (dd.second - 1);
	vs SS(h); cin >> SS;
	//vs SS(h, string(1000, '.'));

	string S;
	rep(i, 0, h) {
		S.insert(S.end(), all(SS[i]));
	}

	ll N = h * w;
	vll stack1;
	vll memo(N, INF);
	memo[c] = 0;
	stack1.push_back(c);
	auto up = [&](ll cur, ll next, ll shift) {
		if (memo[cur] + shift < memo[next]) {
			memo[next] = memo[cur] + shift;
		}
	};
	while (stack1.size()) {
		vll stack2;
		while (stack1.size()) {
			ll cur = stack1.back();
			stack1.pop_back();
			stack2.push_back(cur);
			for (auto di : d2.Dirs) {
				if (d2.in(cur, di)) {
					ll next = cur + d2.next(di);
					if (S[next] == '.') {
						if (memo[cur] < memo[next]) {
							stack1.push_back(next);
							stack2.push_back(next);
							memo[next] = memo[cur];
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		while (stack2.size()) {
			ll cur = stack2.back();
			stack2.pop_back();
			for (auto di1 : d2.Dirs) {
				for (auto di2 : d2.Dirs) {
					if ((int)di1 >= (int)di2)
						continue;
					rep(l1, 0, 3) {
						rep(l2, 0, 3) {
							if (d2.in(cur, di1, l1)) {
								ll next1 = cur + d2.next(di1, l1);
								if (d2.in(next1, di2, l2)) {
									ll next = next1 + d2.next(di2, l2);
									if (cur != next && S[next] == '.') {
										if (memo[cur] + 1 < memo[next]) {
											stack1.push_back(next);
											memo[next] = memo[cur] + 1;
										}
									}
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}

	}
	cout << (memo[d] == INF ? -1 : memo[d]) << endl;

	return 0;
}




Measured memory_bytes: 13404