#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using LL = long long int;
// テンプレテスト中
#define incII(i, l, r) for(LL i = (l)    ; i <= (r); i++)
#define incID(i, l, r) for(LL i = (l)    ; i <  (r); i++)
#define incCI(i, l, r) for(LL i = (l) + 1; i <= (r); i++)
#define incCD(i, l, r) for(LL i = (l) + 1; i <  (r); i++)
#define decII(i, l, r) for(LL i = (r)    ; i >= (l); i--)
#define decID(i, l, r) for(LL i = (r) - 1; i >= (l); i--)
#define decCI(i, l, r) for(LL i = (r)    ; i >  (l); i--)
#define decCD(i, l, r) for(LL i = (r) - 1; i >  (l); i--)
#define inc(i, n)  incID(i, 0, n)
#define dec(i, n)  decID(i, 0, n)
#define inc1(i, n) incII(i, 1, n)
#define dec1(i, n) decII(i, 1, n)
auto inII = [](auto v, auto l, auto r) { return (l <= v && v <= r); };
auto inID = [](auto v, auto l, auto r) { return (l <= v && v <  r); };
auto inCI = [](auto v, auto l, auto r) { return (l <  v && v <= r); };
auto inCD = [](auto v, auto l, auto r) { return (l <  v && v <  r); };
#define PB push_back
#define EB emplace_back
#define MP make_pair
#define MT make_tuple
#define FI first
#define SE second
#define FR front()
#define BA back()
#define ALL(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define RALL(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend()
auto setmin   = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b <  a ? a = b, true : false); };
auto setmax   = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b >  a ? a = b, true : false); };
auto setmineq = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b <= a ? a = b, true : false); };
auto setmaxeq = [](auto & a, auto b) { return (b >= a ? a = b, true : false); };
#define SC static_cast
#define SI(v) SC<int>(v.size())
#define SL(v) SC<LL >(v.size())
#define RF(e, v) for(auto & e: v)
#define until(e) while(! (e))
#define if_not(e) if(! (e))
#define ef else if
#define UR assert(false)
#define CT continue
#define RV(v) reverse(ALL(v))
auto * IS = & cin;
// input elements (as a tuple)
template<typename U, int I> void in_(U & t) { }
template<typename U, int I, typename A, typename ... B> void in_(U & t) { (* IS) >> get<I>(t); in_<U, I + 1, B ...>(t); }
template<typename ... T> auto in() { tuple<T ...> t; in_<tuple<T ...>, 0, T ...>(t); return t; }
// input an array
template<typename T, int N> auto ain() { array<T, N> a; inc(i, N) { (* IS) >> a[i]; } return a; }
// input a (multi-dimensional) vector
template<typename T> T vin() { T v; (* IS) >> v; return v; }
template<typename T, typename N, typename ... M> auto vin(N n, M ... m) {
	vector<decltype(vin<T, M ...>(m ...))> v(n); inc(i, n) { v[i] = vin<T, M ...>(m ...); } return v;
}
// input multi-column (as a tuple of vector)
template<typename U, int I> void colin_(U & t) { }
template<typename U, int I, typename A, typename ... B> void colin_(U & t) {
	A a; (* IS) >> a; get<I>(t).push_back(a); colin_<U, I + 1, B ...>(t);
}
template<typename ... T> auto colin(int n) {
	tuple<vector<T> ...> t; inc(i, n) { colin_<tuple<vector<T> ...>, 0, T ...>(t); } return t;
}
auto * OS = & cout;
// output elements
void out_(string s) { }
template<typename A                > void out_(string s, A && a            ) { (* OS) << a; }
template<typename A, typename ... B> void out_(string s, A && a, B && ... b) { (* OS) << a << s; out_(s, b ...); }
auto outF = [](auto x, auto y, auto z, auto ... a) { (* OS) << x; out_(y, a ...); (* OS) << z << flush; };
auto out  = [](auto ... a) { outF("", " " , "\n", a ...); };
auto outS = [](auto ... a) { outF("", " " , " " , a ...); };
auto outL = [](auto ... a) { outF("", "\n", "\n", a ...); };
auto outN = [](auto ... a) { outF("", ""  , ""  , a ...); };
array<string, 3> SEQ_FMT = { "", " ", "" };
auto & SEQ_BEG = SEQ_FMT[0];
auto & SEQ_MID = SEQ_FMT[1];
auto & SEQ_END = SEQ_FMT[2];
// output a (multi-dimensional) vector
template<typename T> ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, vector<T> const & v) {
	os << SEQ_BEG; inc(i, v.size()) { os << (i == 0 ? "" : SEQ_MID) << v[i]; } return (os << SEQ_END);
}
template<typename T                            > void vout_(T && v              ) { (* OS) << v; }
template<typename T, typename A, typename ... B> void vout_(T && v, A a, B ... b) {
	inc(i, v.size()) { (* OS) << (i == 0 ? "" : a); vout_(v[i], b ...); }
}
template<typename T, typename A, typename ... B> void vout(T && v, A a, B ... b) {
	vout_(v, b ...); (* OS) << a << flush;
}

// ---- ----

template<typename T> T MV(T v) { return v; }
template<typename T, typename ... U> auto MV(T v, int a, U ... b) { return vector<decltype(MV(v, b ...))>(a, MV(v, b ...)); }

template<typename T> using LPQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

int main() {
	auto [h, w, si, sj, gi, gj] = ain<int, 6>();
	si--; sj--; gi--; gj--;
	auto s = vin<string>(h);
	
	const int INF = 1e7;
	auto d = MV<int>(INF, h, w);
	auto f = MV<int>(0, h, w);
	LPQ<tuple<int, int, int>> q;
	auto add = [&](int i, int j, int k) {
		if(setmin(d[i][j], k)) { f[i][j] = 1; q.emplace(k, i, j); }
	};
	
	add(si, sj, 0);
	until(q.empty()) {
		auto [dd, i, j] = q.top(); q.pop();
		if_not(d[i][j] == dd && f[i][j] == 1) { CT; }
		f[i][j] = 0;
		
		vector<int> di = { +1,  0, -1,  0, +1, +1, -1, -1, 0 };
		vector<int> dj = {  0, +1,  0, -1, +1, -1, +1, -1, 0 };
		inc(k, 4) {
			int ii = i + di[k];
			int jj = j + dj[k];
			if_not(inID(ii, 0, h) && inID(jj, 0, w) && s[ii][jj] == '.') { continue; }
			add(ii, jj, dd);
		}
		incII(I, -2, +2) {
		incII(J, -2, +2) {
			int ii = i + I;
			int jj = j + J;
			if_not(inID(ii, 0, h) && inID(jj, 0, w) && s[ii][jj] == '.') { continue; }
			add(ii, jj, dd + 1);
		}
		}
	}
	int ans = d[gi][gj];
	if(ans == INF) { ans = -1; }
	out(ans);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 13496