#include <queue>
using namespace std;
queue<pair<int, int> > q;
const int N = 1001;
char a[N][N];
int w[N][N];
bool b[N][N];
int x00, y00, x11, y11;
int n, m;
int dx[4] = {-1, 0, 1, 0}, dy[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
int bfs()
{
memset(w, -1, sizeof(w));
memset(b, 0, sizeof(b));
b[x00][y00] = 1;
q.push(make_pair(x00, y00));
while (!q.empty())
{
int x1, y1;
x1 = q.front().first, y1 = q.front().second;
q.pop();
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
int x2 = x1 + dx[i], y2 = y1 + dy[i];
if (x2 >= 1 && x2 <= n && y2 >= 1 && y2 <= m && b[x2][y2] == false && a[x2][y2] == '.')
{
b[x2][y2] = true;
w[x2][y2] = w[x1][y1] + 1;
q.push(make_pair(x2, y2));
}
}
}
return w[x11][y11] + 1;
}
int main()
{
cin >> n >> m;
cin >> x00 >> y00 >> x11 >> y11;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++)
cin >> a[i][j];
if(bfs()==0)
cout<<"-1"<<endl;
else
cout<<bfs();
return 0;
}