#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
/*
#if __has_include(<boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>)
	#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
	#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp>
	using bll = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;
	using bdouble = boost::multiprecision::number<boost::multiprecision::cpp_dec_float<100>>;
	using namespace boost::multiprecision;
#endif
*/
#ifdef LOCAL_TEST
	#define BOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_ADDR2LINE
	#define BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE_LOCATION /usr/local/opt/binutils/bin/addr2line
	#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
	#include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
	namespace std {
		template<typename T> class dvector : public std::vector<T> {
		public:
			dvector() : std::vector<T>() {}
			explicit dvector(size_t n, const T& value = T()) : std::vector<T>(n, value) {}
			dvector(const std::vector<T>& v) : std::vector<T>(v) {}
			dvector(const std::initializer_list<T> il) : std::vector<T>(il) {}
			dvector(const std::string::iterator first, const std::string::iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
			dvector(const typename std::vector<T>::iterator first, const typename std::vector<T>::iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
			dvector(const typename std::vector<T>::reverse_iterator first, const typename std::vector<T>::reverse_iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
			dvector(const typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator first, const typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
			dvector(const typename std::vector<T>::const_reverse_iterator first, const typename std::vector<T>::const_reverse_iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
			T& operator[](size_t n) {
				try { return this->at(n); } catch (const std::exception& e) { std::cerr << boost::stacktrace::stacktrace() << '\n'; return this->at(n); }
			}
			const T& operator[](size_t n) const {
				try { return this->at(n); } catch (const std::exception& e) { std::cerr << boost::stacktrace::stacktrace() << '\n'; return this->at(n); }
			}
		};
	}
	class dbool {
	private:
		bool boolvalue;
	public:
		dbool() : boolvalue(false) {}
		dbool(bool b) : boolvalue(b) {}
		operator bool&() { return boolvalue; }
		operator const bool&() const { return boolvalue; }
	};
	#define vector dvector
	#define bool dbool
	class SIGFPE_exception : std::exception {};
	class SIGSEGV_exception : std::exception {};
	void catch_SIGFPE([[maybe_unused]] int e) { std::cerr << boost::stacktrace::stacktrace() << '\n'; throw SIGFPE_exception(); }
	void catch_SIGSEGV([[maybe_unused]] int e) { std::cerr << boost::stacktrace::stacktrace() << '\n'; throw SIGSEGV_exception(); }
	signed convertedmain();
	signed main() { signal(SIGFPE, catch_SIGFPE); signal(SIGSEGV, catch_SIGSEGV); return convertedmain(); }
	#define main() convertedmain()
#endif
#ifdef LOCAL_DEV
	template<typename T1, typename T2> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::pair<T1, T2>& p) {
		return s << "(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")"; }
	template <typename T, size_t N> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::array<T, N>& a) {
		s << "{ "; for (size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i){ s << a[i] << "\t"; } s << "}"; return s; }
	template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::set<T>& se) {
		s << "{ "; for (auto itr = se.begin(); itr != se.end(); ++itr){ s << (*itr) << "\t"; } s << "}"; return s; }
	template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::multiset<T>& se) {
		s << "{ "; for (auto itr = se.begin(); itr != se.end(); ++itr){ s << (*itr) << "\t"; } s << "}"; return s; }
	template<typename T1, typename T2> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::map<T1, T2>& m) {
		s << "{\n"; for (auto itr = m.begin(); itr != m.end(); ++itr){ s << "\t" << (*itr).first << " : " << (*itr).second << "\n"; } s << "}"; return s; }
	template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::deque<T>& v) {
		for (size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i){ s << v[i]; if (i < v.size() - 1) s << "\t"; } return s; }
	template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::vector<T>& v) {
		for (size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i){ s << v[i]; if (i < v.size() - 1) s << "\t"; } return s; }
	template<typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::vector<std::vector<T>>& vv) {
		s << "\\\n"; for (size_t i = 0; i < vv.size(); ++i){ s << vv[i] << "\n"; } return s; }
	void debug_impl() { std::cerr << '\n'; }
	template<typename Head, typename... Tail> void debug_impl(Head head, Tail... tail) { std::cerr << " " << head << (sizeof...(tail) ? "," : ""); debug_impl(tail...); }
	#define debug(...) do { std::cerr << "(" << #__VA_ARGS__ << ") ="; debug_impl(__VA_ARGS__); } while (false)
#else
	#define debug(...) do {} while (false)
#endif
//#define int long long
using ll = long long;
//constexpr int INF = (ll)1e9 + 7;//INT_MAX=(1<<31)-1=2147483647
constexpr ll INF = (ll)1e18;//(1LL<<63)-1=9223372036854775807
constexpr ll MOD = (ll)1e9 + 7;
constexpr double EPS = 1e-9;
constexpr ll dx[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
constexpr ll dy[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
constexpr ll dx8[8] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1};
constexpr ll dy8[8] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1};
#define rep(i, n)   for(ll i=0, i##_length=(n); i< i##_length; ++i)
#define repeq(i, n) for(ll i=1, i##_length=(n); i<=i##_length; ++i)
#define rrep(i, n)   for(ll i=(n)-1; i>=0; --i)
#define rrepeq(i, n) for(ll i=(n)  ; i>=1; --i)
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
void p() { std::cout << '\n'; }
template<typename Head, typename... Tail> void p(Head head, Tail... tail) { std::cout << head << (sizeof...(tail) ? " " : ""); p(tail...); }
template<typename T> inline void pv(std::vector<T>& v) { for(ll i=0, N=v.size(); i<N; i++) std::cout << v[i] << " \n"[i==N-1]; }
template<typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { return a < b && (a = b, true); }
template<typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { return a > b && (a = b, true); }
template<typename T> inline void uniq(std::vector<T>& v) { v.erase(std::unique(v.begin(), v.end()), v.end()); }

/*-----8<-----template-----8<-----*/

class Edge {
public:
	ll from,to,cost;
	Edge() {}
	Edge(ll from, ll to, ll cost) : from(from), to(to), cost(cost) {}
};
ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, const Edge& e) {
	s << "{ " << e.from << " -> " << e.to << ", " << e.cost << " }";
	return s;
}

/*
計算量：O(ElogV)
引数
　g:探索するグラフ
　start:探索するスタートノード番号
戻り値
　dist:スタートノードから各頂点までの距離
　prev:最短路木の親頂点
*/
void dijkstra(const vector<vector<Edge>> &g, ll start, vector<ll> &dist, vector<ll> &prev) {
	ll gsize = g.size();
	dist.assign(gsize, INF); dist[start] = 0;
	prev.assign(gsize, -1);
 
	priority_queue<Edge, vector<Edge>, function<bool(Edge,Edge)>> que(
		[](const Edge &x, const Edge &y){
			return x.cost != y.cost ? (x.cost > y.cost) : 
				(x.from != y.from ? x.from < y.from : x.to < y.to);
		}
	);
	que.emplace(-1, start, 0);
	while (!que.empty()) {
		Edge e = que.top();
		que.pop();
		if (prev[e.to] != -1) continue;
		prev[e.to] = e.from;
		for(auto&& f : g[e.to]) {
			if (dist[f.to] > e.cost + f.cost) {
				dist[f.to] = e.cost + f.cost;
				que.emplace(f.from, f.to, e.cost+f.cost);
			}
		}
	}
}
//最短路木の親頂点を元にstart->goalの経路を作成
vector<ll> buildPath(const vector<ll> &prev, ll goal) {
	vector<ll> path;
	for (ll u = goal; u >= 0; u = prev[u])
		path.push_back(u);
	reverse(path.begin(), path.end());
	return path;
}

void bfs01(const vector<vector<Edge>> &g, ll start, vector<ll> &dist, vector<ll> &prev) {
	ll gsize = g.size();
	dist.assign(gsize, INF); dist[start] = 0;
	prev.assign(gsize, -1);

	deque<ll> que;
	que.emplace_back(start);
	while (!que.empty()) {
		ll e = que.front();
		que.pop_front();
		for(auto&& f : g[e]) {
			if (dist[f.to] > dist[e] + f.cost) {
				dist[f.to] = dist[e] + f.cost;
				prev[f.to] = e;
				if(f.cost) que.emplace_back(f.to);
				else que.emplace_front(f.to);
			}
		}
	}
}
/*-----8<-----library-----8<-----*/

constexpr ll H_MAX = 1e3;
constexpr ll W_MAX = 1e3;

ll H, W;
ll C_h, C_w;
ll D_h, D_w;
vector<string> S;

void solve() {
	cin >> H >> W;
	cin >> C_h >> C_w;
	cin >> D_h >> D_w;
	C_h--;C_w--;D_h--;D_w--;

	S = vector<string>(H);
	rep(i, H) { cin >> S[i]; }

	vector<vector<Edge>> g(H*W);
	rep(x,H)rep(y,W){
		if(S[x][y]=='#')continue;
		for(ll i=-2; i<=2; i++)for(ll j=-2; j<=2; j++){
			if(i==0 && j==0)continue;
			ll nx = x+i;
			ll ny = y+j;
			if(nx <= -1 || ny <= -1 || nx >= H || ny >= W) continue;
			if(S[nx][ny] == '#') continue;
			ll cost = abs(i)+abs(j)>1 ? 1 : 0;
			g[x*W+y].emplace_back(x*W+y, nx*W+ny, cost);
		}
	}
	debug(g);

	vector<ll> dist, prev;
	bfs01(g, C_h*W+C_w, dist, prev);
	debug(dist);
	ll ans=dist[D_h*W+D_w];
	if(ans==INF)ans=-1;	
	cout << ans << '\n';
}

// https://atcoder.jp/contests/abc176/tasks/abc176_d
signed main() {
	std::cin.tie(nullptr);
	std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	//ll Q; cin >> Q; while(Q--)solve();
	solve();
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 237044