import sys

sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 6)
from bisect import *
from collections import *
from heapq import *

def II(): return int(sys.stdin.readline())
def MI(): return map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split())
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def SI(): return sys.stdin.readline()[:-1]
def LLI(rows_number): return [LI() for _ in range(rows_number)]
int1 = lambda x: int(x) - 1
def MI1(): return map(int1, sys.stdin.readline().split())
def LI1(): return list(map(int1, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
p2D = lambda x: print(*x, sep="\n")
dij = [(1, 0), (0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1)]

def main():
    h,w=MI()
    si,sj=MI()
    gi,gj=MI()
    tt=[]
    tt.append([False]*(w+2))
    for _ in range(h):
        row=[False]+[c=="#" for c in SI()]+[False]
        tt.append(row)
    tt.append([False]*(w+2))
    q=deque()
    q.append((si,sj,0))
    dist=[[-1]*(w+2) for _ in range(h+2)]
    while q:
        i,j,d=q.popleft()
        for di,dj in dij:
            ni,nj=i+di,j+dj
            if ni==gi and nj==gj:
                print(d+1)
                exit()
            if ni<0 or ni>h+1 or nj<0 or nj>w+1:continue
            if tt[ni][nj]:continue
            if dist[ni][nj]!=-1:continue
            dist[ni][nj]=d+1
            q.append((ni,nj,d+1))

main()