import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class Main {
    FastScanner in;
    PrintWriter out;
    final static int MOD = (int)1e9+7;
    
    void solve(){
        int H = in.nextInt(), W = in.nextInt();
        int sy = in.nextInt()-1, sx = in.nextInt()-1;
        int gy = in.nextInt()-1, gx = in.nextInt()-1;
        char[][] S = new char[H][W];
        for(int i = 0; i < H; i++){
            for(int j = 0; j < W; j++){
                S[i][j] = in.nextChar();
            }
        }
        int[] dy = {-1, 0, 1, 0};
        int[] dx = {0, 1, 0, -1};
        
        long INF = Long.MAX_VALUE / 2;
        long[] dist = new long[H * W];
        Arrays.fill(dist, INF);
        ArrayDeque<Integer> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
        dist[sy + sx * H] = 0;
        deque.addLast(sy + sx * H);
        ArrayDeque<Integer> s = new ArrayDeque<>();
        
        while(!deque.isEmpty()){
            while(!deque.isEmpty()){
                int v = deque.removeFirst();
                int y = v % H, x = v / H;
                s.addLast(v);
                for(int k = 0; k < dy.length; k++){
                    int ny = y + dy[k], nx = x + dx[k], n = ny + nx * H;
                    if(ny < 0 || ny >= H || nx < 0 || nx >= W) continue;
                    if(S[ny][nx] == '#') continue;
                    if(dist[n] > dist[v]){
                        dist[n] = dist[v];
                        deque.addLast(n);
                        s.addLast(n);
                    }
                }
            }
            while(!s.isEmpty()){
                int v = s.removeFirst();
                int y = v % H, x = v / H;
                for(int ry = -2; ry <= 2; ry++){
                    for(int rx = -2; rx <= 2; rx++){
                        int ny = y + ry, nx = x + rx, n = ny + nx * H;
                        if(ny < 0 || ny >= H || nx < 0 || nx >= W) continue;
                        if(S[ny][nx] == '#') continue;
                        if(dist[n] > dist[v] + 1){
                            dist[n] = dist[v] + 1;
                            deque.addLast(n);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        out.println(dist[gy + gx * H] == INF ? "-1" : dist[gy + gx * H]);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main().m();
    }
    
    private void m() {
        in = new FastScanner(System.in);
        out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        /*
        try {
            String path = "input.txt";
            out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(new File(path))));
        }catch (IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        */
        solve();
        out.flush();
        in.close();
        out.close();
    }
    
    static class FastScanner {
        private Reader input;
        
        public FastScanner() {this(System.in);}
        public FastScanner(InputStream stream) {this.input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));}
        public void close() {
            try {
                this.input.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        
        public int nextInt() {
            long nl = nextLong();
            if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
            return (int) nl;
        }
        
        public long nextLong() {
            try {
                int sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                long ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) return ret * sign;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return -1;
            }
        }
        
        public double nextDouble() {
            try {
                double sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                double ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) break;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
                if (b != '.') return sign * ret;
                double div = 1;
                b = input.read();
                while ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                    div *= 10;
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sign * ret / div;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return Double.NaN;
            }
        }
        
        public char nextChar() {
            try {
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return (char) b;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return 0;
            }
        }
        
        public String nextStr() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                while (b != -1 && !Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }
        
        public String nextLine() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (b != -1 && b != '\n') {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }
        
        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public int[] nextIntArrayDec(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public int[] nextIntArray1Index(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public long[] nextLongArrayDec(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public long[] nextLongArray1Index(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }
        
        public double[] nextDoubleArray(int n) {
            double[] res = new double[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextDouble();
            }
            return res;
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 64128