#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define bug printf("bug\n");
#define bug2(var) cout<<#var<<" "<<var<<endl;
#define co(q) cout<<q<<endl;
#define all(q) (q).begin(),(q).end()
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned long long int ull;
const int MOD = (int)1e9+7;
const int MAX = 1e6+15;
#define pi acos(-1)
#define inf 1000000000000000LL
#define FastRead    ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int mat[1200][1200];
string s[1200];
int mark[1200][1200];
int r,c;
int row[]= {1,0,-1,0,1,-1,1,-1};
int colm[]= {0,1,0,-1,1,-1,-1,1};
int cur;
vector<int>graph[MAX];
void bfs(int input_x,int input_y)
{
    queue<pair<int,int> >q;
    mark[input_x][input_y] = 1;
    mat[input_x][input_y]=cur;
    q.push(make_pair(input_x,input_y));
    while(!q.empty())
    {
        int x = q.front().first;
        int y = q.front().second;
        q.pop();
        for(int i=0; i<4; i++)
        {
            int u = x+row[i];
            int v = y+colm[i];
            if(0<=u && u<r && 0<=v && v<c)
            {
                if(mark[u][v]==0 && s[u][v]=='.')
                {
                    mark[u][v]=1;
                    q.push(make_pair(u,v));
                    mat[u][v]=cur;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return ;
}
int V[MAX],D[MAX];
void bfs2(int src)
{
    V[src] = 1;
    queue <int> q;
    q.push(src);
    while(!q.empty())
    {
        int parent = q.front();
        q.pop();
        for(int i=0; i<graph[parent].size(); i++)
        {
            int child = graph[parent][i];
            if(V[child] == 0)
            {
                V[child]=1;
                D[child]=D[parent]+1;
                q.push(child);
            }
        }
    }
}
int main()
{
    FastRead
    //freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
    int a,b,p,q;
    cin>>r>>c;
    cin>>a>>b>>p>> q;
    for(int i=0; i<r; i++)
        cin>>s[i];
    a--;
    b--;
    p--;
    q--;
    for(int i=0; i<r; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<c; j++)
        {
            if(mark[i][j]==0 && s[i][j]=='.')
            {
                //cout<<i<<" "<<j<<endl;
                cur++;
                bfs(i,j);
            }
        }
    }
    map<pair<int,int>,int>mp;
    for(int i=0; i<r; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<c; j++)
        {
            if(s[i][j]=='.')
            {
                for(int x=i-2; x<=i+2; x++)
                {
                    for(int y=j-2; y<=j+2; y++)
                    {
                        if(0<=x && x<r && 0<=y && y<c)
                        {
                            int u=mat[i][j];
                            int v=mat[x][y];
                            if(u!=v && mp[ {u,v}]==0 && u && v)
                            {
                                graph[u].push_back(v);
                                graph[v].push_back(u);
                                mp[{u,v}]=1;
                                mp[{v,u}]=1;
                            }
                        }


                    }
                }

            }
        }
    }
    int root=mat[a][b];
    bfs2(root);
    if(V[mat[p][q]]==0)
        cout<<"-1"<<endl;
    else
        cout<<D[mat[p][q]]<<endl;



    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 74848