#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
int n, m;
scanf("%d%d", &n, &m);
int sx, sy, ex, ey;
scanf("%d%d%d%d", &sx, &sy, &ex, &ey);
sx--, sy--, ex--, ey--;
char g[1005][1005];
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
scanf("%s", &g[i]);
int vis[1005][1005] = { 0 };
int dis[1005][1005] = { 0 };
int front = 0, rear = 0;
int qx[1005*1005], qy[1005*1005];
qx[rear] = sx;
qy[rear] = sy;
rear++;
vis[0][0] = 1;
dis[sx][sy] = 0;
int dx[4] = {-1, 0, 0, 1};
int dy[4] = {0, -1, 1, 0};
while(front < rear){
int x = qx[front];
int y = qy[front];
front++;
if(x == ex && y == ey){
printf("%d\n", dis[x][y]);
return 0;
}
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++){
int cur_x = x + dx[i];
int cur_y = y + dy[i];
if(cur_x >= 0 && cur_x < n && cur_y >= 0 && cur_y < m){
if(g[cur_x][cur_y] == '.' && !vis[cur_x][cur_y]){
vis[cur_x][cur_y] = 1;
dis[cur_x][cur_y] = dis[x][y] + 1;
qx[rear] = cur_x;
qy[rear] = cur_y;
rear++;
}
}
}
}
printf("-1\n");
return 0;
}