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

#define ALL(obj) (obj).begin(),(obj).end()
template<class T> using priority_queue_reverse = priority_queue<T,vector<T>,greater<T>>;

constexpr long long MOD = 1'000'000'000LL + 7;
constexpr long long MOD2 = 998244353;
constexpr long long HIGHINF = (long long)1e18;
constexpr long long LOWINF = (long long)1e15;
constexpr long double PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433L;

template <class T> vector<T> multivector(size_t N,T init){return vector<T>(N,init);}
template <class... T> auto multivector(size_t N,T... t){return vector<decltype(multivector(t...))>(N,multivector(t...));}
template <class T> void corner(bool flg, T hoge) {if (flg) {cout << hoge << endl; exit(0);}}
template <class T, class U>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const map<T, U>&obj) {o << "{"; for (auto &x : obj) o << " {" << x.first << " : " << x.second << "}" << ","; o << " }"; return o;}
template <class T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const set<T>&obj) {o << "{"; for (auto itr = obj.begin(); itr != obj.end(); ++itr) o << (itr != obj.begin() ? ", " : "") << *itr; o << "}"; return o;}
template <class T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const multiset<T>&obj) {o << "{"; for (auto itr = obj.begin(); itr != obj.end(); ++itr) o << (itr != obj.begin() ? ", " : "") << *itr; o << "}"; return o;}
template <class T>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const vector<T>&obj) {o << "{"; for (int i = 0; i < (int)obj.size(); ++i)o << (i > 0 ? ", " : "") << obj[i]; o << "}"; return o;}
template <class T, class U>ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const pair<T, U>&obj) {o << "{" << obj.first << ", " << obj.second << "}"; return o;}
void print(void) {cout << endl;}
template <class Head> void print(Head&& head) {cout << head;print();}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void print(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail) {cout << head << " ";print(forward<Tail>(tail)...);}
template <class T> void chmax(T& a, const T b){a=max(a,b);}
template <class T> void chmin(T& a, const T b){a=min(a,b);}
vector<string> split(const string &str, const char delemiter) {vector<string> res;stringstream ss(str);string buffer; while( getline(ss, buffer, delemiter) ) res.push_back(buffer); return res;}
int msb(int x) {return x?31-__builtin_clz(x):-1;}
void YN(bool flg) {cout << (flg ? "YES" : "NO") << endl;}
void Yn(bool flg) {cout << (flg ? "Yes" : "No") << endl;}
void yn(bool flg) {cout << (flg ? "yes" : "no") << endl;}

int main() {
    cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    int H,W; cin >> H >> W;
    int sy,sx,gy,gx;
    cin >> sy >> sx >> gy >> gx;
    sy--,sx--,gy--,gx--;
    vector<string> S(H);
    for(int i = 0; i < H; ++i) cin >> S[i];
    int inf = 1e7;
    auto dp = multivector(H*W,inf);
    deque<pair<int,int>> q;
    dp[sy*W+sx]=0;
    q.push_back({0,sy*W+sx});
    vector<int> dx = {-1,1,0,0},dy = {0,0,-1,1};
    while(q.size()) {
        auto p = q.front(); q.pop_front();
        int y=p.second/W,x = p.second%W;
        int cost = p.first;
        if(cost > dp[y*W+x]) continue;
        for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
            int a=y+dy[i],b=x+dx[i];
            if(!(0<=a&&a<H&&0<=b&&b<W)) continue;
            if(S[a][b]!='.') continue;
            if(dp[a*W+b] > cost) {
                dp[a*W+b] = cost;
                q.push_front({cost,a*W+b});
            }
        }
        for(int i = -2; i <= 2; ++i) {
            for(int j = -2; j <= 2; ++j) {
                int a=y+i,b=x+j;
                if(!(0<=a&&a<H&&0<=b&&b<W)) continue;
                if(S[a][b]!='.') continue;
                if(dp[a*W+b] > cost+1) {
                    dp[a*W+b] = cost+1;
                    q.push_back({cost+1,a*W+b});
                }
            }
        }
    }
    int ans = dp[gy*W+gx];
    if(ans == inf) ans = -1;
    cout << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 8212