Ideally connect them to bus bars.
If you want to do jumpers, it can be done with care and the right sized wires. It can be done in a diagonal or straight through pattern.
I would say, and they're probably saying, don't use those included jumper wires. Those are only like 6 awg or something, and they're for server racks with 3+ batteries. Need bigger wire to jumper 2 together.