#ifndef AUTO_UTIL_HEADER_HPP
#define AUTO_UTIL_HEADER_HPP

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <cassert>

using std::cin, std::cout, std::bitset, std::complex;
using std::vector, std::array, std::string, std::pair, std::list, std::queue, std::deque;
using std::priority_queue, std::set, std::map, std::unordered_map;
using std::sort, std::greater, std::min, std::max, std::reverse;
using std::min_element, std::max_element, std::accumulate;

using vi = vector<int>; using vvi = vector<vi>; using vvvi = vector<vvi>;
using ull = unsigned long long int;
using ll = long long int;
using vll = vector<ll>; using vvll = vector<vll>; using vvvll = vector<vvll>;
using vd = vector<double>; using vvd = vector<vd>; using vvvd = vector<vvd>;
using P = pair<int, int>;
using Pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using cdouble = complex<double>;

const double eps = 1e-7;
#define Loop(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < int(n); i++)
#define Loopll(i, n) for(ll i = 0; i < ll(n); i++)
#define Loop1(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= int(n); i++)
#define Loopll1(i, n) for(ll i = 1; i <= ll(n); i++)
#define Loopr(i, n) for(int i = int(n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define Looprll(i, n) for(ll i = ll(n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define Loopr1(i, n) for(int i = int(n); i >= 1; i--)
#define Looprll1(i, n) for(ll i = ll(n); i >= 1; i--)
#define Foreach(buf, container) for(const auto &buf : container)
#define Foreachr(buf, container)  for(const auto &buf : reversed(container))
#define Loopdiag(i, j, h, w, sum) for(int i = ((sum) >= (h) ? (h) - 1 : (sum)), j = (sum) - i; i >= 0 && j < (w); i--, j++)
#define Loopdiagr(i, j, h, w, sum) for(int j = ((sum) >= (w) ? (w) - 1 : (sum)), i = (sum) - j; j >= 0 && i < (h); j--, i++)
#define Loopdiagsym(i, j, h, w, gap) for (int i = ((gap) >= 0 ? (gap) : 0), j = i - (gap); i < (h) && j < (w); i++, j++)
#define Loopdiagsymr(i, j, h, w, gap) for (int i = ((gap) > (h) - (w) - 1 ? (h) - 1 : (w) - 1 + (gap)), j = i - (gap); i >= 0 && j >= 0; i--, j--)
#define Loopitr(itr, container) for(auto itr = container.begin(); itr != container.end(); itr++)
#define quickio() std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false); std::cin.tie(0);
#define bitmanip(m,val) static_cast<bitset<(int)m>>(val)
#define Comp(type_t) bool operator<(const type_t &another) const
#define fst first
#define snd second
bool feq(double x, double y) { return abs(x - y) <= eps; }
bool inrange(ll x, ll t) { return x >= 0 && x < t; }
bool inrange(vll xs, ll t) { Foreach(x, xs) if (!(x >= 0 && x < t)) return false; return true; }
int ceillog2(ll x) { int m = int(log2(x)); return m + ((1LL << m) < x ? 1 : 0); }
int floorlog2(ll x) { int m = int(log2(x)); return m - ((1LL << m) > x ? 1 : 0); }
const string endl = "\n";
template<class T> T reversed(T container) { reverse(container.begin(), container.end()); return container; }
template<class T> void printv(const vector<T> &v) { for (const T &x : v) cout << x << " "; cout << endl; }
template<class T> void printmx(const vector<vector<T>> &mx) { for (const vector<T> &v : mx) printv(v); }
ll rndf(double x) { return (ll)(x + (x >= 0 ? 0.5 : -0.5)); }
ll floorsqrt(ll x) { ll m = (ll)sqrt((double)x); return m + (m*  m <= x ? 0 : -1); }
ll ceilsqrt(ll x) { ll m = (ll)sqrt((double)x); return m + (x <= m * m ? 0 : 1); }
ll rnddiv(ll a, ll b) { return (a / b + (a % b * 2 >= b ? 1 : 0)); }
ll ceildiv(ll a, ll b) { return (a / b + (a % b == 0 ? 0 : 1)); }
ll gcd(ll m, ll n) { if (n == 0) return m; else return gcd(n, m % n); }
ll lcm(ll m, ll n) { return ll(m) * ll(n) / gcd(m, n); }

#endif // AUTO_UTIL_HEADER_HPP

//========================================================================//

int main() {
    int h, w; cin >> h >> w;
    P x; cin >> x.fst >> x.snd;
    x.fst--; x.snd--;
    P y; cin >> y.fst >> y.snd;
    y.fst--; y.snd--;
    vector<string> board(h);
    Loop(i, h) {
        cin >> board[i];
    }
    vvi dist(h, vi(w, INT_MAX));
    deque<P> que;
    que.push_back(x);
    dist[x.fst][x.snd] = 0;
    while (que.size()) {
        P cur = que.front(); que.pop_front();
        for (int dx = -2; dx <= 2; ++dx) {
            for (int dy = -2; dy <= 2; ++dy) {
                int tx = cur.fst + dx;
                int ty = cur.snd + dy;
                if (inrange(tx, h) && inrange(ty, w) && board[tx][ty] == '.') {
                    if (abs(dx) + abs(dy) <= 1) {
                        if (dist[cur.fst][cur.snd] < dist[tx][ty]) {
                            que.push_front({tx, ty});
                            dist[tx][ty] = dist[cur.fst][cur.snd];
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        if (dist[cur.fst][cur.snd] + 1 < dist[tx][ty]) {
                            que.push_back({tx, ty});
                            dist[tx][ty] = dist[cur.fst][cur.snd] + 1;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    int ans = dist[y.fst][y.snd];
    if (ans == INT_MAX) ans = -1;
    cout << ans << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 9412